What are the major market forces and technologies influencing todays healthcare systems?
Healthcare systems across the globe are changing. What do you feel are the key driving forces and technologies influencing change. In developed nations there are trends linked with an ageing population? In a number of developing countries we see issues relating to AID/HIV and Malaria keep nations trapped in poverty. Climate change is likely to play an influence in the long term as it impacts environment and hence what people are exposed to. We see shifts from public to private service delivery models. Changes in service models for medical tests from central lab tests to point-of-care or near-patient .. shift from treatment to prevention models.. many more. In the case of technologies there are new opportunities opening and offered by new functional materials, nanomedicine, new biomarkers, targeted drugs, genetics, biochips, 3G, wireless mobile, RFID, Internet, SOA, Web 2.0, electronic patient record, and other healthcare information systems.. in fact the list can go on. Future healthca
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