Disruption in healthcare: how can it improve population health?
BMJ November 8, 2019
After the recent European Health Forum Gastein, which had the theme of “A Healthy Dose of Disruption”, we have been reflecting on the real meaning of, and need for disruption in our health systems. Having met attendees ranging from senior policymakers, to tech leaders, to climate activists, can we draw any conclusions about what real disruption is, and how this will help or hinder our collective endeavours to improve population health?
Is disruption needed?
Developed countries worldwide face the same struggle; how to transform health systems designed around reactive, time-limited, curative care for working age people into systems suited to preventing ill-health at the same time as meeting ongoing care needs for highly complex patients, all while providing a positive...