Digital Health Trends: What To Expect In 2019?

Discussions about a global FDA In recent years, with the digitization of healthcare and the spread of communication technologies, the idea of borderless health started to emerge, and we expect it to reach a tipping point and represent a widespread practice instead of a sporadic phenomenon soon. The Medical Futurist expects to see the increase in the supply and demand of cross-border health services in the coming months. Just imagine a French patient sending a tissue of his tumor to a Belgian company specializing in precision diagnostics. They establish that a Swiss pharma company has the exact type of clinical trial that the patient could use, so the joint efforts of numerous healthcare systems get them healed. The development of digital health tools alongside with the ease in communication among health facilities enable the globalization of healthcare. On the other hand, cross-border cooperation needs oversight, standardization of care procedures and appropriate regulation on a global level. Not to speak about various emerging medical treatment methods, such as gene editing and gene therapy. The Medical Futurist foresees the emergence of a “global FDA” so standards of digital health tools, ethical and legal regulations around the latest innovations in healthcare can be on the same page. Discussions about the need as well as the details how to set up the institution will emerge in 2019 as the situation is ripe for the global harmonization of digital health activities. 5...
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