Connected Health and the Digital Age of Medicine
Rose Echesi
Grand Canyon University: AMP-450V
6/19/16
Digital Medicine
• Digital medicine is the convergence of modern medicine such as new vaccines and methods of curing illnesses with modern technology such as smart watches, smartphones and the Internet, to name a few • “Digital Medicines may enable improved patient medication adherence and better informed physician decision-making to tailor treatment to the patient’s needs. (2015)”
Digital Medicine cont.
• The first Digital Medicine Drug Application approved by the FDA was “Otsuka’s ABILIFY for serious mental illness, embedded with the Proteus® ingestible sensor in a single tablet to digitally record ingestion. (2015)” • Data is shared with
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• Its participatory in nature. • Creates avenues for realistic plan with a likelihood of success • It encourages dialogue and reflection. • Assumptions are always challenges or room for assumption to be challenged. • Creates room for high level of ownership. • It create solid plan of action. • Empowers a fact base approach • Emphasis documentations
Impact the technology will have on future health care delivery • As the population increasing everyday, there aren’t enough health care practitioners to tend to all of them, despite the growth of the health care industry • Digital Medicine will be a vital part of society given the practicality of one’s health to be monitored and shared to their providers without the hassle of a travel to the doctor’s office
Five key technology impacts on healthcare delivery: • Investing in procurements of medical devices. • Numerous data storage for information through HER’ • Processing of different information from multiple avenues. • Electronic medical records allowing patients/physicians interaction in a limited form with doctors facial visit. • Digital diagnostic dictation of illness for patients that needs home care without hospital visit.
Clinical Operating System
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• cOS is the first of its kind in healthcare. • The OS is built on supply chain logistics with a grid service oriented architecture which combines the deliver and payment systems with knowledge thus allowing the delivery of care affordable.
Real-time data and outcome-focused planning.
Clinical Operating System (cOS) • Through the integrated operational, financial and clinical information offered by Clinical Operating System (cOS), better coordination of patient data is encouraged. • This encourages better planning and delivery of appropriate healthcare that ends with optimal health outcome.
Technological Impact on the