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Better care for more people
Bridging gaps in healthcare
In the largest global survey of its kind, the Future Health Index 2024 report analyzes the priorities and perspectives of healthcare leaders.
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Read about the priorities and perspectives of healthcare leaders
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Healthcare systems continue to face pressure due to workforce shortages, financial burdens, and growing demand, limiting their ability to provide high-quality care to patients, when and where they need it. This year’s report focuses on gaps that stand in the way of achieving timely, high-quality care for everyone and examines ways of overcoming them.
The impact of staff shortages is felt widely
A lack of staff is straining health systems worldwide, impacting both personnel and patients.
Healthcare leaders’ observations on staff shortages:
Automation continues to be key
In the next three years, healthcare leaders see workflow prioritization as the biggest opportunity for automation.
Top areas healthcare organizations plan to implement automation to improve productivity and ease staff shortages:
Clinical decision support, boosted by AI
AI has already been adopted in several clinical areas, a trend that continues over the next three years.
Top areas healthcare organizations plan to implement AI for clinical decision support in the next three years:
“How can healthcare providers deliver high-quality care everywhere regardless of patient location, staff availability, and other resource constraints? That’s the question we must address through innovation and collaboration.”
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The Future Health Index is commissioned by Philips The Future Health Index 2024 report explores how healthcare leaders view their hospital’s ability to deliver timely, high-quality care to everyone. A quantitative survey was conducted among almost 3,000 healthcare leaders from 14 countries (Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,the Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States). This was supplemented by eight qualitative interviews of healthcare leaders, two from each of the following countries: Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Both the quantitative and qualitative research stages were conducted between December 2023 – March 2024.
