Almost one-third of the healthcare organizations in Asia/Pacific are well aligned with their ecosystem, according to the IDC Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending (FERS) Survey 2021. However, sustainability lies in effectively handling the headwinds, tailwinds, and crosswinds by the healthcare organizations, by sensing the future technological trends.
The "IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Healthcare Industry 2022 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications" emphasizes a rapid shift from hospital-centric to patient-centric care delivery. Widespread deployment of telehealth and digital front door, lead consumers in Asia/Pacific in looking at better-integrated care.
Although digital front door strategy plays a critical role across the care continuum, a combination of physical and digital access while defining and designing integrated care must be ensured for countries in the region. Unique ecosystem models are essential in addressing the digital divide and looping the most remote patient in the countries.
Manoj Vallikkat, research manager, IDC Asia/Pacific Healthcare Insights, says the transformative change that the healthcare industry in Asia/Pacific is currently navigating through is primarily driven by consumer preferences, healthtech firms, and evolving healthtech ecosystems.
"Going forward, as the shift from hospital-centric care to patient-centric care happens, stakeholders of the healthcare ecosystem in Asia/Pacific will have increased focus on a 'care anywhere' approach, which is increasingly data-driven, to make the care system more accessible, affordable, and scalable," he concluded.
Top 10 predictions to best navigate the healthcare ecosystem
Prediction 1. Privacy, Monetization, and Consent: By 2024, multiple governments in Asia/Pacific will tighten regulations regarding health data sharing, consent, and monetization after at least five overaggressive incidents exploiting interoperability.
Prediction 2. Value-Based Infrastructure: By 2024, 50% of healthcare organizations' attempts to scale value-based care models will fail unless they invest in data-driven governance, operations, and organizational infrastructure in Asia/Pacific.
Prediction 3. Personalized Care: By 2025, 30% of chronic care patients in Asia/Pacific will truly own and openly leverage their personal health information to advocate for, secure, and realize better-personalized care.
Prediction 4. Care Anywhere: Through 2024, growth in "care anywhere" programs in Asia/Pacific will increase discontinuity of care and data fragmentation, resulting in a doubling of a patients’ risk for adverse medical events.
Prediction 5. AI-Driven Predictive Care: By 2025, 35% more providers in Asia/Pacific will have adopted AI-driven solutions and algorithms to support predictive care models.
Prediction 6. Next-Generation Workforce: By 2026, 50% of healthcare organizations in Asia/Pacific will rely on hybrid workplaces and models to battle digital burnout, reframe workforce roles, and create seamless employee experiences.
Prediction 7. Prescription Digital Therapeutics: By 2026, the market for prescription digital therapeutics in Asia/Pacific will more than triple, led by mental health and chronic conditions, blurring the boundaries between healthcare and life sciences.
Prediction 8. 5G: By 2026, one out of three hospitals in Asia/Pacific will be 5G enabled to accelerate innovation in medical imaging, remote care, internet of medical things, and immersive services.
Prediction 9. CRAACO (Clinical Research as a Care Option): Integrated research organizations in Asia/Pacific will double in number by 2027, fuelling the adoption of clinical research as a care option within the healthcare ecosystem.
Prediction 10. Ambient Interfaces: By 2027, ambient interfaces powered by intelligent speech recognition, sensors, and/or gesture-based controls will be used by 40% of healthcare professionals and 20% of households in Asia/Pacific.
