Real time patient interactions in 6 countries - digital trials adaptation
After prolonged years of just keep witnessing digital health market movers and shakers some with no real time clinical engagement, thought of backpacking into global deep waters to harness digital practices transformation than can truly help millions of patients down the lane.
My December kick-ass Global tour visiting 6 countries in 15 days, meeting tens of patients both privately and in Hospital settings, understanding how the world is bracing digital technologies market hype
We can all agree that proper real time exposure skills are essential for the best digital health care practices. While some patients appreciate a direct approach, others need a bit of hand-holding. Some digital expertise has good “bedside” manners, displaying genuine empathy towards patients. Others can be considered bullies in technology coats. But it all comes down to this… what a hands-on digital expert says or doesn’t say can make all the difference in your outcome.
Tour duration – 15 days
Countries visited– 6 countries
No of patients met – 120+
Case studies explored:
Patient adaptation to devices/platforms, Digital tech in Clinical Therapeutic settings, Digitization challenges, Bio-Pharma accommodations etc
3 key challenging areas where I have vested my time primarily, that Bio-Pharma and Devices companies are struggling
- · Operational – Adaptation, Remote Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence arena
- · Regulatory
- · Economic
Therapeutic areas covered:
· Cardiology – broad spectrum
· Orthopedics & Emergency
· Nephrology – Auto Immune diseases
· Oncology – Respiratory, Thyroid, Breast
· Diabetes
· Parkinson’s disease
Toured and spent decent time with Patients and Doctors at below Private/Public hospitals:
· Mediclinic Louis Leipoldt – Cape town South Africa
· St Vincent’s Private Hospital – Melbourne Australia
· Mount Elizabeth Hospital – Singapore
· European Parkinson Therapy Center – Boario Terme Italy
· University of Zurich – Switzerland
· Kaiser Permanente – California
Throughout this exhaustive trip, below are my recharger's
· Beer yoga
· Bungee jumping
· Zulu dancing lessons
My personal findings reveal that industry is growing quickly but remains immature when it comes to deployment strategy.
Key principal worries concerning wearable's is its legitimacy and dependability. On other end, brilliant wearable's are empowering a dependable, accessible, adaptable, and robust framework. Expecting to see a stable biological system within no time in Digital Health industry.
Experienced low level of alignment between wearable's, devices, apps’ functions and variations in the levels of engagement of its end users. This simply means that people are different; we have different receptivity and responsiveness to tools for, say, education, versus tools for behavior change, or communication, or social support.
With real time case studies exposure only, either technologists or entrepreneurs can make quick inroads - paving the path for an socially adaptive balanced digital health ecosystem.