innovation in healthcare ecosystems

ISSUES FACING UK (from EU)

Obesity

Workforce shortages

Disparities in health status - poverty related challenges

People living longer, but with more chronic conditions

Alzheimers is increasing

Heart disease and stroke leading causes of death

GLOBAL ISSUES (from WHO)

Stopping infectious disease

Preparing for epidemics

Expanding access to medicine

Protecting people from dangerous products

Making healthcare fairer

Investing in people who defend health

Delivering health in conflict

Keeping adolescents safe

Earning public trust

Gains in life expectancy have slowed

Elevating health in the climate crisis

SIGNS OF SUCCESSFUL ECOSYSTEM

Fiscal sustainability

Universal affordability

Choice and access e.g. personalisation, access to new treatments, timeliness

Science and technology developments e.g. best in class therapies, R&D, health digitization

US

Denmark

Netherlands

Sweden

UK

Singapore

Switzerland

DEFINITION (from McKinsey)

A set of capabilities and services that integrate value chain participants (customers, suppliers, and platform and service providers) through a common commercial model and virtual data backbone (enabled by seamless data capture, management, and exchange) to create improved and efficient consumer and stakeholder experiences, and to solve significant pain points or inefficiencies

Healthcare now about prevention and management of chronic conditions

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Centred on the consumer – will need to flex according to the needs of the patient e.g from chronic issues through to preventative.

Traditional care e.g. direct care and pharmacies

Home and self care e.g. virtual care, remote monitoring

Social care e.g. holistic health, community networks

Daily life activities e.g. fitness and nutrition

Financing support (poss less important?)

All contribute to the data backbone which is built on 3 layers - infrastructure, intelligence and engagement

Role of big tech providers becoming increasingly important e.g. Goggle developing own AI system for disease detection