scholarly journals Digitalization of healthcare sector as a tool for implementation of competition policy

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-34
Author(s):  
Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Main Ideas ◽  
Information Communications Technologies

Competitiveness of modern states is increasingly dependent on the method and scope of using information-communications technologies (ICTs) in the economy and in the implementation of the states' care functions. The application of information-communications technologies (ICTs) in health care is of special importance due to observed dynamic changes taking place in social structures. The main factors contributing to the widespread use of information-communications technologies (ICTs) in health care include demographic changes, the increase in the duration of human life, the increase in health care expenditures, progress in medical science and the increase in patients' ability to use automated devices. The aim of this article is to characterize the main ideas forming the architecture of the Healthcare 4.0 concept and to place this concept in a broader perspective of the Industry 4.0 concept.

scholarly journals Surgical Telementoring and Surginars with Added Virtual Layer using 5G Network

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 624-629
Author(s):  
Ankit Verma
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Surgical Expertise ◽  
5G Network

Healthcare sector has always been a key sector for social and economic well-being of any nation and since COVID-19 pandemic it has gained a center stage. Human resources are at the core of health care system. However, there is an acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. Brunt of scarce human resource is starker at specialization level. 5G network may provide a solution to this problem by human resource capacity building in some of the most complex areas of medical science. It may also provide an access to surgical expertise distributed globally. The low latency, high volume and high-speed data transfer allows sharing live surgical feed which may enhance the learning and assistance process. Hence, a synergy is achieved of physical and virtual world and a potential business model can be developed in such ecosystem. This work explores the requirements, architecture, implementation strategy, roles, and responsibilities of various stakeholders etc. to provide surgical expertise on a 5G network.

scholarly journals Financing of Medical Care in Russia: Sources and Problems of Their Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana Faiberg ◽  
Irina Scherbakova
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Effective Mechanism ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Financing Health Care

To form an effective mechanism for financial support of health care in Russia, it is necessary to introduce into scientific and practical activities clearly-defined concepts that characterize medical services and sources of their financing. The analysis of the definitions such as «medical care» and «medical services» described in this article showed a lack of orderliness in basic terminology, as well as the possibility of replacing these concepts in practice. The article discusses the types of medical services in relation to the Program of state guarantees for providing citizens with free medical care. The sources of financial support for medical services in Russia are systematized and their features are highlighted. The research of the problems of financing health-care expenditures from various sources made it possible to suggest the main criteria for sharing these expenditures among the budgets of the budget system of the Russian Federation. The volume of budget financing of healthcare in Russia, compulsory and voluntary health insurance, and paid services in the healthcare sector are evaluated in the article, and also, the problems of estimating the volume of medical care in total from all sources, including the income of private medical organizations are identified.

From history of medical science in Uzbekistan in the period of independence

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-115
Author(s):  
S.A. Djumanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Is Development

Analyzed is state of medical science in Republic of Uzbekistan in the years of independence. As known is, development of the system of health care directly depends on development of medical science. In that direction of special importance are wide scale measures, realized in Uzbekistan in the years of independence. The article is dedicated to history of measures as to strengthening of the system of health care in Uzbekistan in that period.

COVID 19 and Special Care Dentistry: A Narrative Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 1473-1476
Author(s):  
Ashwika Datey ◽  
Soumya Singhai ◽  
Gargi Nimbulkar ◽  
Kumar Gaurav Chhabra ◽  
Amit Reche
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Special Care ◽  
World Health ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Care Needs

The COVID 19 outbreak has been declared a pandemic by the world health organisation. The healthcare sector was overburdened and overstretched with the number of patient increasing and requiring health services. The worst-hit population always are the people with special needs, whether it is children, pregnant females or the geriatric population. The need for the emergency kind of health services was so inflated that the other special population which required them equally as those patients with the COVID 19 suffered a lot. Dentistry was not an exception, and even that is also one of the important components of the health care delivery system and people requiring oral health care needs were also more. Those undergoing dental treatments would not have completed the treatment, and this would have resulted in various complications. In this situation, some dental emergency guidelines have been released by Centres for Disease Control (CDC) for the urgent dental care those requiring special care dentistry during the COVID 19 pandemic. Children with special care needs were considered more vulnerable to oral diseases; hence priority should have been given to them for dental treatments moreover in the future also more aggressive preventive measures should be taken in order to maintain oral hygiene and prevent many oral diseases. Guardians/caregivers should be made aware and motivated to maintain the oral health of children with special health care needs. This review mainly focuses on the prevention and management of oral diseases in children's with special care needs.

Weight-Loss Program Assistance System for Obesity Patients Based on Internet of Things (IoT) Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Gusti Bagus Astawa ◽  
I Ketut Agung Enriko
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Weight Loss Program ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Home Automation ◽  
Index Terms ◽  
Use Of Internet

These days, the use of Internet technology can be found in almost every sector of human life. One of the advanced Internet technologies is Internet of Things (IoT), that is a technology where devices can communicate via Internet connectivity. It is used in many vital industries like automotive, electricity, home automation, and healthcare. This study aims to implement IoT technology for healthcare sector, i.e. in helping obesity people to pursue their weight-loss program (WLP). The result is a system which consists of a smart weight scale, a mobile application, and food menu recommendation database in order to help obesity people in their WLP program. A trial to some obesity patients is performed to collect data. Index Terms—Internet of things; overweight; weight loss program; food recommendation

Systematic review of factors determining health care expenditures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Meskarpour Amiri ◽  
Mahmood Kazemian ◽  
Zahra Motaghed ◽  
Zhaleh Abdi
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Expenditures

Selling Cost Containment

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-119
Author(s):  
Timothy Stoltzfus Jost ◽  
Sandra J. Tanenbaum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Cost Containment ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
The United States ◽  
Single Payer

Health care expenditures in the United States have continued to grow despite efforts to control them. This Article discusses the need for health care reform, outlines the model that reform should follow, and considers why the United States has not progressed toward a workable solution. It introduces a single-payer approach to cost containment and explains how such an approach could be “sold” in the United States. Finally, the Article examines various ways to mobilize support for such health care reform.

scholarly journals Dutch Public health Foresight study 2018/20

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
H Hilderink
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Expenditures ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
National Prevention ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract The four-year Public Health Foresight Study (VTV) provides insight into the most important societal challenges for public health and health care in the Netherlands. The seventh edition of the Dutch Public Health Foresight study was published in 2018, with an update in 2020. In this update a business-as-usual or Trend Scenario was developed using 2018 as a base year. In the trend scenario demographic and epidemiological projections have been used to depict the future trends regarding ageing, health, disease, health behaviors, health expenditures and health inequalities. Next, these trends are used to identify the most important future challenges and opportunities for public health. In the 2020 update, special attentions is given to climate change and the local living environment and their impacts and interaction with public health outcomes. Trends in lifestyle-related lifestyle show both positive (smoking prevalence) and negative (overweight prevalence) future developments. Dementia will be the leading cause of mortality and disease burden in 2040 by far. Health care expenditures will double by 2040, with cancers showing the most rapid growth of all disease groups. The insights of this study are directly used as input for the National Health Policy Memorandum and for the National Prevention Accord.

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