ehealth is going mainstream: why, how & when? - ville koiste at the nordic digital business...
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eHealth holds the promise of revolutionizing health care by improving its efficiency and engaging professionals as well as patients. Citizen are ready for e-services and they will be at the center of healthcare. New institutions are disrupting the health sector and that restructures the business model of healthcare deliveryTRANSCRIPT
eHealth Is Going Mainstream:Why, How and When?Ville Koiste, Sitra. 4.9.2014
[email protected]@villekoiste
“eHealth is about improving the flow of information, through electronic means, to support the delivery of health services and
the management of health systems” World Health Organization
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eHealth
Remote consultation
Communication with professionals
Health information
management
Online booking
Lifestyle coaching &
decision support
Sensors & monitoring
tools
Virtual health checks & surveys
eHealth is going mainstream:
Why?
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• Overall health spending accounts for approx. 9 % of GDP in OECD countries (e.g. Finland 9,1 & USA 16,9 %)
• Global health spending growth will be 5-6 % / p.a. between 2014-2017
• Healthcare systems are facing challenges such as
• aging population
• chronic diseases
• uneven quality
• imbalanced access to care etc.
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Healthcare costs are rising – cost-effective solutions are needed
”Silver tsunami”
Source:
http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/dk/Documents/
life-sciences-health-care/Global-health-care-2014.pdf
• staffed by board certified nurse practitioners
• a personalized diagnosis, a treatment plan and a prescription if you need it - all in about 30 minutes and all online
• If symptoms or medical history suggest that online care is not appropriate, patient is redirected to doctor's office, test lab, physical exam etc.
Source: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140617005116/en/virtuwell-surpasses-100000-cases-treated#.U6LBG_mSx1Y
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Case ’Virtuwell’ - 24/7 online clinic that treats everyday medical conditions (USA)
So far Virtuwell has had 100,000 completed visits:
• an average savings of $88 per visit• one Virtuwell visit can save up to 2,5 hours as indicated by Virtuwell
customers• 98 % of customers recommend the service
McGinnis, et al., Health Affairs; 21(2), 2002
Health Care
Environmental& social factors
Genetics
Behaviour &lifestyle
Many factors combine together to affect our health
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Big data in healthcare: Data traffic jams or improved value and preventive care?
Health data
Research data Genomics
Wearables & behavioral data
Citizens are ready for eHealth
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In 2013, Sitra conducted an interview survey that included 1085 Finnish citizens:
• 70 % think eHealth services are beneficial for them
• 74 % want more eHealth services
More than 2,400 Canadians participated in PwC’s research: “What does the future of health care delivery look like?
• 79% of Canadians indicate that they are comfortable with virtual monitoring for chronic conditions
• 54% of Canadians indicate that virtual visits, home monitoring, and virtual wards are good care delivery options
Source: https://coachorg.com/en/communities/resources/ATA_Fall_Forum_Presentations/ATA_Toronto_Falk_Sept_10_2013_Final.pdf
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Attitudes among Finnish and Canadian citizens
The Accenture online survey of 1,110 U.S. patients (06/2012):
• 90 % want to self-manage their healthcare leveraging technology, such as accessing medical information, refilling prescriptions and booking appointments online
• 90 % prefer web-based access to health information and education to help manage conditions
Similarly, Cisco study (2013) that includes 1,547 responses across ten countries,
reveals that 74 % of consumers are open to virtual doctor visit
Sources: http://www.accenture.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/PDF/Accenture-Is-Healthcare-Self-Service-Online-Enough-to-Satisfy-
Patients.pdf; http://newsroom.cisco.com/release/1148539/Cisco-Study-Reveals-74-Percent-of-Consumers-Open-to-Virtual-Doctor-Visit
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Most patients want to self-manage healthcare online
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Why eHealth?
Faster access to care
Saving money & time,
e.g. less travel
Health monitoring is
easy
Sources: PwC 09/2013 & Sitra 03/2013
Communication with professionals
80 % of US physicians believe virtual assistants will drastically change healthcare by 2018(Nuance Communications survey 02/2013)
80 % of Spanish health professionals would be willing to use telemedicine if it were available to them (Telefonica 2013)
59 % of Canadian physicians believe that the use of mHealth tools and virtual care is inevitable, but adoption will take time (PwC’s survey 09/2013)
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And the professionals…?
eHealth is going mainstream:
How?
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As eHealth empowers citizens to monitor their health,make more informed decisions, interact with the healthcare system, receive more personalized services…
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Pic source: Oliver Wyman; The Volume-to-Value Revolution, 2012
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“Citizens become active healthcare consumers,
rather than passive participants”
Six Trends in an Era of Consumer-Driven Healthcare. Becker's Hospital Review
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eHealth is transforming
healthcare and
potentially saving lives,
especially in low-income countries
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New business models, new institutions?
Source: http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/healthcare-new-entrants/assets/pwc-hri-new-entrants-chart-pack.pdf 19Sitra • Ville Koiste • 04.09.2014 •
Health sector is attracting new playersPwC 04/2014: Who will be the industry’s Amazon.com?
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Sources: The Verge 15.10.2013; WSJ 28.5.2014; Forbes 22.8.2014
Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3031385/most-innovative-companies/inside-apple-the-mayo-clinics-new-partnership 21Sitra • Ville Koiste • 04.09.2014 •
Partnershipsacross industries
Source: Rock Health 2014. http://www.slideshare.net/RockHealth/digital-36395071
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Digital health startups are getting more funding than ever
NY Times 16.11.2013:
”One area getting increased attention, both from private and state investors in Finland, is health care”
The Next Web 19.11.2013:
“A wider push for health at Slush 2013: 120 health and wellness startups… Come Slush 2014 we think health will be the headline act”
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SLUSH 2013Health & life sciences was
the largest industry category with 127 startups
Virtual clinic• Data integration and mining
• Decision support
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Research and referencedatabase• Cohorts• Biobanks
• Research articles
Electronic health records• Patient information –
”sickness data”
Citizen’s interface, e.g. webpage/mobile
application
eService portal & online booking
tool (e.g. palveluvaaka.fi)Virtual health
check
Mobile & walk-in service channels,
remote consultations
Pic. sources: Intel Free Press, flickr.com/photos/neven/, Healthspot.com
Personal health records• Health & wellness data
• Genetic data
Health information & personal riskassesment
eHealth is going mainstream:
When?
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• Telefónica, one of the largest telecom companies in the world, has over 2 million eHealth service customers in Latin America in the B2C segment
• The number of eVisits will climb to 100 million this year - potentially saving over $5 billion, according to Deloitte’s research (2014): e.g. Kaiser Permanente’s ’HouseCalls’ virtual service had 15 million eVisits in 2013
• The share of large employers, with more than 5,000 workers, who offer telemedicine services increased to 17 % in 2013, from 12 % the year before (Survey of nearly 3,000 large employers by the global consulting firm Mercer)
• Finnish Student Health Service provides health services for around 135 000 university students in Finland – currently tests video consultations via MeeDoc, a Finnish real-time video app
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Facts, figures and case examples
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“Devices will bolster care in ways previously unthinkable”
The Economist
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