Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care”
Objectives: In this paper, we present a review of some relevant megatrends in healthcare conducted as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care.” Our aim is to stimulate discussions about long-term tendencies underlying the current an...
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| author | Michael J. Deml Katharina Tabea Jungo Maud Maessen Maud Maessen Andrea Martani Agne Ulyte Agne Ulyte |
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| description | Objectives: In this paper, we present a review of some relevant megatrends in healthcare conducted as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care.” Our aim is to stimulate discussions about long-term tendencies underlying the current and future development of the healthcare system.Methods: Our team—a multidisciplinary panel of researchers involved in the NRP74—went through an iterative process of internal consultations followed by a rapid literature review with the goal of reaching group consensus concerning the most relevant megatrends in healthcare.Results: Five megatrends were identified, namely: 1) Socio-demographic shifts. 2) Broadening meaning of “health.” 3) Empowered patients and service users. 4) Digitalization in healthcare. 5) Emergence of new models of care. The main features of each megatrend are presented, drawing often on the situation in Switzerland as a paradigmatic example and adding reflections on the potential influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on them.Conclusion: Considering the long-term megatrends affecting the evolution of healthcare is important—amongst other things–to understand and contextualise the relevance and implications of innovative health services research results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88cbb2b9ccf6432ba88c364e645eefb02022-12-22T00:17:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Public Health Reviews2107-69522022-03-014310.3389/phrs.2022.16044341604434Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care”Michael J. Deml0Katharina Tabea Jungo1Maud Maessen2Maud Maessen3Andrea Martani4Agne Ulyte5Agne Ulyte6Department of Sociology, Institute of Sociological Research, University of Geneva, Geneva, SwitzerlandInstitute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandUniversity Centre for Palliative Care, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandInstitute for Biomedical Ethics (IBMB), University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI), University of Zurich, Zurich, SwitzerlandPopulation Heath Laboratory (#PopHealthLab), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, SwitzerlandObjectives: In this paper, we present a review of some relevant megatrends in healthcare conducted as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care.” Our aim is to stimulate discussions about long-term tendencies underlying the current and future development of the healthcare system.Methods: Our team—a multidisciplinary panel of researchers involved in the NRP74—went through an iterative process of internal consultations followed by a rapid literature review with the goal of reaching group consensus concerning the most relevant megatrends in healthcare.Results: Five megatrends were identified, namely: 1) Socio-demographic shifts. 2) Broadening meaning of “health.” 3) Empowered patients and service users. 4) Digitalization in healthcare. 5) Emergence of new models of care. The main features of each megatrend are presented, drawing often on the situation in Switzerland as a paradigmatic example and adding reflections on the potential influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on them.Conclusion: Considering the long-term megatrends affecting the evolution of healthcare is important—amongst other things–to understand and contextualise the relevance and implications of innovative health services research results.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604434/fullhealthcareSwitzerlandmegatrendsnational research programme 74smarter health care |
| spellingShingle | Michael J. Deml Katharina Tabea Jungo Maud Maessen Maud Maessen Andrea Martani Agne Ulyte Agne Ulyte Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care” Public Health Reviews healthcare Switzerland megatrends national research programme 74 smarter health care |
| title | Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care” |
| title_full | Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care” |
| title_fullStr | Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care” |
| title_short | Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care” |
| title_sort | megatrends in healthcare review for the swiss national science foundation s national research programme 74 nrp74 smarter health care |
| topic | healthcare Switzerland megatrends national research programme 74 smarter health care |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604434/full |
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