Frameworks and Strategies for Growth in Healthcare Management
Well said, “You can’t do today’s job with yesterday’s method to be in business tomorrow”. Innovation has become the currency in 2021. The reinvention of the value proposition and business model is prominent to thrive in the competitive world. Be it the healthcare industry or any other.
While there are a plethora of innovations tested and being carried out across the healthcare continuum, it is crucial to step back and analyze if the current methodologies, technology infrastructure, and process developments are meeting the unmet demands and challenges of healthcare services in your capital.
In this article, we will cover the areas of improvement that could strengthen the ecosystem, ensure sustainability, and create a more progressive approach to enhance caregiving.
Areas of Improvement and Strategies for Growth
1. Improvements in Technology
Custom healthcare solutions have the ability to enhance the quality of delivery, increase workflow efficiency, and optimize health outcomes. Digital healthcare technologies not only bring needed transparency, affordability, and efficiency in the working of the healthcare eco-system but helps address the gravest issues emerging in the care world.
Let’s have a look at the most forerunning healthcare technologies vastly improving effectiveness and meeting the challenges in the healthcare space.
a. Telemedicine App Solutions
Telemedicine app development solution or Doctor on-demand app is one of the smartest digital healthcare tools that has proved itself as a winner in the mushrooming cases of COVID-19. Helping consumers get on-demand instant telehealth visits with physicians, the app has gone beyond the ‘virtual urgent care’ concept.
With the massive acceleration in adoption by patients and care providers up to $250 billion of current US healthcare spend could potentially be virtualized.
b. Hospital Management System
A hospital management information system (HIMS) is a web-based software system developed for healthcare organizations to manage their operational processes, workflows, and all users working in the hospital. The software provides distinct interfaces to stakeholders of the hospital (like Doctor, physicians, patients, receptionist, lab technician, pharmacist, radiologist, pathologist, accountants and other) to help them effectively capture, access, and manage crucial information on hospital functioning.
A smart hospital management system proves as a catalyst to improve clinical outcomes, enhance care quality, and offer a better patient experience. The most common problems such as diagnostic and treatment errors, long waiting times, hospital readmissions, absence of supply management, data privacy and security issues can be addressed by a smart hospital management system.
c. Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies help doctors use wearable medical devices that track and transmit user’s vital signs such as heart rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, and more. Some of the examples of RPM technologies include blood pressure cuffs, continuous glucose monitoring devices, fitness bands, etc.
The in-home monitoring capabilities provided by RPM solutions help in delivering simplified and quality care which in turn, improves patient engagement, reduces hospital readmissions, and helps in the reduction of costs to a greater extent.
2. Improvements In Research Capabilities
Innovation comes from research, information, and enormous data mined for answers. In the current scenario, there is a silo of healthcare data that doubles every three years, according to IBM. The most innovative healthcare organizations leverage this data to analyze, research, and take a progressive approach to implement processes that help people live healthier lives.
In addition, the healthcare organizations that combine data, analytics, and strategy drive decision making, increase qualified leads, increase ROI, and grow referrals unprecedentedly. Thus, attaining the far-fetched goal of sustainability.
3. Improvements in Quality of Hiring
In order to optimize processes and leverage technological developments and innovations to the fullest, it is essential to improve the quality of human resources hiring. Their skill sets, availability, and appropriate allocation in different healthcare settings should be closely monitored.
Conclusion
Healthcare organizations need to emergently adopt a range of care continuum solutions and foster an environment for sustainable innovation. The core strength of each stakeholder lies in innovative processes and sustainable healthcare solutions.
