The digital pill : what everyone should know about the future of our healthcare system

Information technology is changing healthcare in numerous wide-ranging aspects, including significantly improving the overall quality of patient care and therefore helping to reduce limitations in people's daily lives. 'The Digital Pill' reflects on how digital technologies can combat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Fleisch, Elgar (Author), Franz, Christoph (Author), Herrmann, Andreas (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787566774
DOI10.1108/9781787566750
Physical Description1 online resource (xix, 202 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Will the healthcare system become a victim of its own success?
  • Chapter 1. Medical progress is a success story that comes with consequences
  • Chapter 2. Non-communicable diseases are overtaxing our healthcare system
  • Chapter 3. Digitalization will be a key success factor for the healthcare system of the future
  • Part 2: Digital technologies are changing patients and healthcare systems
  • Chapter 4. Do-it-yourself medicine
  • Chapter 5. The digital doctor-patient relationship
  • Chapter 6. Digital therapeutics
  • Chapter 7. Digital health data and data security
  • Chapter 8. Value-based medicine
  • Chapter 9. Digital drug development
  • Part 3: The five pillars of the healthcare system of tomorrow
  • Chapter 10. Re-allocation of roles: Patients gain power and responsibility
  • Chapter 11. Digital health data & infrastructure: data donation is the new blood drive
  • Chapter 12. Precision medicine: the pill just for me
  • Chapter 13. Focus on results & transparency: payment on delivery
  • Chapter 14. Preventive medicine: prevention is better than cure.