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Taking healthcare everywhere

 

Addressing staff shortages and patient needs with new care delivery models

Much more than their peers across the world, US healthcare leaders are focusing their efforts on developing a deeper understanding of patients’ needs, so they can ensure they meet them with new care delivery models. This includes focusing more than ever on health equity.

Patient satisfaction

US healthcare leaders are putting patients at the center of care 

 

Despite financial constraints and workforce shortages, US healthcare leaders are committed to improving patient satisfaction and delivering care in new ways for better patient outcomes. 

Top priorities for US healthcare leaders besides financial/quality concerns:

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Workflow optimization ​

AI set to dominate digital health technology investments 

 

Workflow optimization amid a workforce shortage helps explain the rise in AI investments over the past few years. US healthcare leaders also see high potential in AI for accelerating other initiatives, which helps explain the rise in investments in coming years. 

US healthcare leaders’ top three investments in digital health technologies:

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US healthcare leaders’ top three investments in digital health technologies:

Progress in digital transformation graph

Workflow optimization ​

AI set to dominate digital health technology investments 

 

Workflow optimization amid a workforce shortage helps explain the rise in AI investments over the past few years. US healthcare leaders also see high potential in AI for accelerating other initiatives, which helps explain the rise in investments in coming years. 

Sustainability​ 

The greening of healthcare remains a top priority

 

In three years' time, 47% of US leaders say that 'implementing sustainability practices in their hospital' is a primary priority, second only to extending care delivery beyond their hospital or facility.

US healthcare leaders who say that implementing sustainability practices in their hospital is a primary priority​:

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“When I think of the future of healthcare delivery, I think of ‘your care, your way’.”

Shez Partovi

Shez Partovi
Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer and Business Leader of Enterprise Informatics at Philips

Healthcare leaders and younger healthcare professionals share a clear vision for the future of care delivery

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Enabled by digital technology and collaboration 

Healthcare leaders and younger healthcare professionals share a clear vision for the future of care delivery

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Enabled by digital technology and collaboration 

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The Future Health Index 2023 report examines the experiences of almost 3,000 healthcare leaders and younger healthcare professionals and and their expectations for the future. The research for the Future Health Index 2023 report was conducted in 14 countries (Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and the United States). The study comprises a quantitative survey conducted from November 2022 – February 2023.

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