[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":328},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-digital-technologies-for-improving-hygiene-in-health-facilities":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":179,"relatedBooks":327},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":32,"project_category":48,"contact_email_category":49,"yst_prominent_words":50,"class_list":58,"better_featured_image":81,"acf":114,"yoast_meta":123,"_links":126},21557,"2018-08-16T14:04:15","2018-08-16T12:04:15",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F","2022-03-04T09:55:34","2022-03-04T08:55:34","digital-technologies-for-improving-hygiene-in-health-facilities","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdigital-technologies-for-improving-hygiene-in-health-facilities",{"rendered":17},"Digital Technologies For Improving Hygiene In Health Facilities",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>150 years after Semmelweis advised fellow physicians to sanitize their hands to mitigate the effect of infections, the maintenance of hygiene is still a widespread problem in hospitals and the source of healthcare-associated infections. Now, technological solutions line up against microorganisms, bacteria, and fungi. Here are a few examples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1 in 9 in-patients will die due to infection\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cdc.gov\u002Ffeatures\u002Fhandhygiene\u002Findex.html\">US Center for Disease Control\u003C\u002Fa>, studies show that \u003Cstrong>on average, healthcare providers clean their hands less than half of the times they should. This significantly contributes to the spread of \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cdc.gov\u002Fhai\u002F\">healthcare-associated infections\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong> (HAIs or HCAIs)\u003C\u002Fstrong>, such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant \u003Cem>Staphylococcus aureus\u003C\u002Fem>) and \u003Cem>C. diff (Clostridium difficile\u003C\u002Fem>), affecting 1 in 25 hospital patients on any given day. Statistics revealed that on average, 1 in 9 will die due to the infection, and the number of HAI caused \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC1820440\u002F\">the death of approximately 99,000 people in 2002\u003C\u002Fa> only in the US. That’s almost the population of Seychelles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still, that was only the extent of the problem in one country. \u003Cstrong>The World Health Organization estimates that there are over 1.4 million cases of HAI at any given time. Of every 100 hospitalized patients, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fgpsc\u002Fcountry_work\u002Fgpsc_ccisc_fact_sheet_en.pdf\">7 in developed and 10 in developing countries will acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. However, this is likely to be a gross underestimation, due to the lack of proper surveillance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These are insanely high numbers, especially considering that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcould-have-social-media-saved-semmelweis\">Dr. Ignác Semmelweis, “the savior of mothers”, already evangelized in the 19\u003Csup>th\u003C\u002Fsup> century\u003C\u002Fa> that hand sanitizing could mitigate the effect of infections – although, at that time, he meant it only with regards to new mothers and “childbed fever”. So, what is the cause of HAI and how could digital health technologies help in combatting this deadly phenomenon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21611\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPatient-in-Hospital.jpg\" alt=\"hygiene\" class=\"wp-image-21611\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPatient-in-Hospital.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPatient-in-Hospital-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FPatient-in-Hospital-512x268.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.cnbc.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Place of healing = source of infection?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>How ironic is the fact that people who go to the hospital in the hope of healing might end up even sicker as a result of an infection due to all kinds of microorganisms, bacteria, and fungi? \u003Cstrong>Every patient is at risk of getting an infection while physicians treat them for something else. Even healthcare providers are at risk of getting an infection while they are treating patients.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Several factors contribute to the appearance of healthcare-related infections. A prolonged hospital stay, as well as the severity of the underlying illness, increases the risk of catching the germs, and so does patients’ lower immune status due to their severe conditions. In addition, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fgpsc\u002Fcountry_work\u002Fgpsc_ccisc_fact_sheet_en.pdf\">WHO mentions\u003C\u002Fa> poor environmental hygienic conditions and waste disposal, inadequate infrastructure, lack of equipment, understaffing, overcrowding, lack of procedure, the insufficient knowledge and application of infection control measures or the absence of local and national policies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If the \u003Cstrong>environmental factors in a healthcare facility, as well as the debilitated state of patients, were not enough for the rampant HAI-rage in hospitals, the increased power of resistance in microorganisms also contributes to humanity’s defeat vis-á-vis infections\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fnews-room\u002Ffact-sheets\u002Fdetail\u002Fantimicrobial-resistance\">WHO estimates\u003C\u002Fa> that in 2016, 490 000 people developed multi-drug resistant tuberculosis globally, and drug resistance is starting to complicate the fight against HIV and malaria as well. Moreover\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Farstechnica.com\u002Fscience\u002F2018\u002F08\u002Fhospital-superbugs-are-evolving-to-survive-hand-sanitizers\u002F\">, a study published in May 2018 in Science Translational Magazine\u003C\u002Fa> found that superbugs got gradually better at surviving the alcohol used in hand-sanitizers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21613\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHand-sanitizers.jpg\" alt=\"hygiene\" class=\"wp-image-21613\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHand-sanitizers.jpg 800w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHand-sanitizers-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHand-sanitizers-512x334.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Photo credit: Andia\u002FUIG via Getty Images\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Why don’t you wash your hands?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>That’s terrifying news. However, we have to acknowledge that \u003Cstrong>one of the main reasons for HAI is the failure of healthcare professionals to wash their hands between patients or before procedures\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The World Health Organization also considers hand washing \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fgpsc\u002F5may\u002Ftools\u002Fwho_guidelines-handhygiene_summary.pdf\">as the primary measure proven to be effective in preventing HCAI\u003C\u002Fa> and the spread of antimicrobial resistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Still, the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC3249958\u002F\">adherence rates of healthcare workers are rather low on average\u003C\u002Fa>. That might be due to individual factors – apparently, nurses turned out to be more likely to wash hands than physicians; clinical aspects as understaffing and patient overcrowdedness decrease the likelihood of hand sanitizing; and finally institutional conditions: the lack of soap and paper towels do not compel staff or patients to wash hands carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While \u003Cstrong>more resources, more awareness raising and the prioritization of (hand) sanitization among health staff could definitely aid in changing the situation, numerous digital solutions are also on the market focusing on improving hygiene\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21612\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHandwash-against-HAI.jpg\" alt=\"hygiene\" class=\"wp-image-21612\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHandwash-against-HAI.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHandwash-against-HAI-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FHandwash-against-HAI-512x342.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: https:\u002F\u002Fhealth.howstuffworks.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The next level of institutional cleanliness: Xenex\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.xenex.com\u002F\">The Xenex Robot\u003C\u002Fa> allows for fast and effective systematic disinfection of any space within a healthcare facility. \u003Cstrong>This helpful automatic tool destroys deadly microorganisms causing HAIs by utilizing \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.xenex.com\u002Fhow-uv-disinfection-works\">unique UV disinfection methodologies\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The robot is more effective in causing cellular damage to microorganisms than other devices for disinfection. Thus the number of HAIs might be more effectively reduced. Westchester Medical Center reported a 70 percent drop in Intensive Care Unit \u003Cem>C. diff\u003C\u002Fem> with the use of Xenex robots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xenex robot can zap away germs and infectious diseases\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002Ft_N1thclnts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Electronic hand hygiene monitoring with \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.biovigil.com\u002F\">\u003Cstrong>Biovigil\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For decades, doing a manual observation was considered as the primary method for measuring hand hygiene compliance. This method has many limitations – including bias and inadequate sample sizes projecting an inaccurate compliance picture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Monitoring through specific sensors entirely changes that. For example, medical staff can wear the Biovigil badge on their coats. \u003Cstrong>The little gadget senses whether or not the doctors or nurses washed their hands: if so, it turns green\u003C\u002Fstrong>. After a while, it reminds the wearer to rewash their hands and becomes red if too much time passed from the last hand wash. Beyond the constant reminder, the badge also helps to make transparent how committed the health facility, or its members are towards hand hygiene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vitalacy.com\u002F?cp=585\">Vitalacy\u003C\u002Fa> works similarly, although instead of a badge, healthcare professionals wear a wristband, which indicates when it’s time for a handwash. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fiscrub-lite\u002Fid329764570?mt=8\">iScrub Lite\u003C\u002Fa> is an application for healthcare professionals for iOS who wish to monitor hand-hygiene compliance with a tap. It records observations annotated with time, location and job role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-21615\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FBiovigil.jpg\" alt=\"hygiene\" class=\"wp-image-21615\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FBiovigil.jpg 720w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FBiovigil-512x341.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.digitaltrends.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.handinscan.com\u002F\">\u003Cstrong>HandInScan\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cstrong> evaluates hand hygiene performance \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Hungarian health-tech company, \u003Cstrong>HandInScan provides technology-based, quality assured hand hygiene education and control\u003C\u002Fstrong> – leading to safer and more efficient operation in areas of vital importance. The start-up has developed the Semmelweis system, a hand hygiene training, and control device able to assess users’ performance within seconds. They believe that fostering technology-induced behavioral change in hand hygiene saves lives on a global scale. We couldn’t agree more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fsurewash.com\u002Fabout\u002F\">SureWash\u003C\u002Fa> applies a similar method: it teaches hospital staff, patients or visitors how to wash hands properly through its gesture recognition applications and gives feedback in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HandInScan - Introducing Semmelweis Scanner\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FTNRISPJihkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Turning disinfectants into a breathable mist\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Mind-Boggling \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sciencedaily.com\u002Freleases\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F180801093706.htm\">research was published in August 2018\u003C\u002Fa>: \u003Cstrong>researchers from the University of California detailed how they created a device diffusing disinfectants into a cloud to breath in\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The equipment works on a range of disinfectants that have never been atomized before, such as triethylene glycol, or TEG. The team used the gadget to atomize disinfectants onto environmental surfaces contaminated with bacteria and showed that it eliminated 100 percent of bacteria that commonly cause HAIs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The technology could become the new method for disinfecting hospital environments. However, it might also be used to deliver an entirely new class of medicines to patients via inhalers. Nevertheless, we have to wait at least 1-2 years until the researchers build the first prototypes for practical use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-21616\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FTurning-disinfectants-into-mist.jpg\" alt=\"hygiene\" class=\"wp-image-21616\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FTurning-disinfectants-into-mist.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FTurning-disinfectants-into-mist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002FTurning-disinfectants-into-mist-512x341.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.sciencedaily.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While medical professionals could perceive as slightly inconvenient to listen to beeping sounds constantly calling their attention to hand hygiene, but if regular handwash gets into the daily routine, it’ll become a lot easier. Until then, keep calm and wash your hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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Here are a few examples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",6,21630,"closed",true,"","standard",{"_acf_changed":20,"footnotes":27},[31],499,[33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47],377,425,452,524,545,206,1013,207,1014,246,1015,313,1016,376,1017,[],[],[51,52,53,54,55,56,57],1571,1631,1683,1709,1729,1883,3265,[59,14,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80],"post-21557","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare-design","tag-robotics-2","tag-technology-2","tag-wearable","tag-trackers","tag-sensors","tag-digital","tag-hygiene","tag-digital-health","tag-hai","tag-future","tag-healthcare-associated-infection","tag-medicine","tag-infection","tag-robot","tag-clean",{"id":24,"alt_text":82,"caption":27,"description":27,"media_type":83,"media_details":84,"post":5,"source_url":113},"Hand hygiene technologies","image",{"width":85,"height":86,"file":87,"sizes":88,"image_meta":110},870,489,"2018\u002F08\u002F029_hygiene.png",{"medium":89,"large":95,"thumbnail":100,"medium_large":104,"large_old_512x288":105},{"file":90,"width":91,"height":92,"mime-type":93,"source_url":94},"029_hygiene-370x208.png",370,208,"image\u002Fpng","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F029_hygiene-370x208.png",{"file":96,"width":97,"height":98,"mime-type":93,"source_url":99},"029_hygiene-768x432.png",768,432,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F029_hygiene-768x432.png",{"file":101,"width":102,"height":102,"mime-type":93,"source_url":103},"029_hygiene-150x150.png",150,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F029_hygiene-150x150.png",{"file":96,"width":97,"height":98,"mime-type":93,"source_url":99},{"file":106,"width":107,"height":108,"mime-type":93,"source_url":109},"029_hygiene-512x288.png",512,288,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F029_hygiene-512x288.png",{"aperture":111,"credit":27,"camera":27,"caption":27,"created_timestamp":111,"copyright":27,"focal_length":111,"iso":111,"shutter_speed":111,"title":27,"orientation":111,"keywords":112},"0",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F08\u002F029_hygiene.png",{"related_posts":115,"related_posts_footer":119,"cta_type":27,"cta_color":27,"subtitle":27,"related_books":20},[116,117,118],21197,13329,16450,[120,121,122],13061,13296,17293,{"yoast_wpseo_title":124,"yoast_wpseo_metadesc":125,"yoast_wpseo_canonical":15},"Digital Technologies For Improving Hygiene In Health Facilities - The Medical Futurist","The maintenance of hygiene is a widespread problem in hospitals. 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In essence, the true effectiveness of digital health technologies hinges largely on the strength of the regulations in place. No matter how groundbreaking these innovations might be, their potential can be undermined if the regulations aren’t up to par.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fdigital-health-and-ai-best-practices-for-policy-makers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1391\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002FPolicy-report.jpg\" alt=\"AI and digital health policy\" class=\"wp-image-51215\"\u002F\u003C\u002Fa srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002FPolicy-report.jpg 1391w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002FPolicy-report-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002FPolicy-report-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1391px) 100vw, 1391px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fdigital-health-and-ai-best-practices-for-policy-makers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to download the report\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Thus, the continuing digital health and AI revolution depend fundamentally on our policymakers. It is important to understand that weak or non-existing regulatory frameworks will not stop tech adoption, it will urge patients to take matters into their own hands and start using available technology anyways. The #wearenotwaiting movement of diabetes patients perfectly illustrates what happens in such an environment. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recognising the vital role of policymakers in shaping the landscape of digital health, we’ve put together \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fdigital-health-and-ai-best-practices-for-policy-makers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this comprehensive free guide\u003C\u002Fa>. Our goal is to inspire and inform those who have the power to drive change with examples of best practices already in place around the world. Our aim is to show that there’s no need to reinvent the wheel, as there are many tested and successful solutions just waiting to be discovered and implemented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We’ve made this guide freely accessible because we believe in the power of shared knowledge and learning from each other’s successes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A double paradigm shift is breathing in our necks\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We know that healthcare is on the verge of a paradigm shift. The doctor-patient relationship is changing due to digital health technologies, patients are becoming (supposed to become) partners in their own care, delivering valuable data and insights to the medical team. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But before we have even internalized this trend, we need to welcome \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fpreparing-for-ai-driven-medicine-6-crucial-questions-for-tomorrows-doctors\">another new member to the care team\u003C\u002Fa>: artificial intelligence. The centuries-old notion that the source of ultimate medical knowledge resides in the heads of medical professionals is disappearing. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Moreover, with the rise of lifestyle diseases like diabetes and obesity, healthcare costs are projected to escalate even further. As humanity can manage chronic diseases with increasing efficiency, life expectancy increases, paradoxically leading to even more severe shortage in healthcare access.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Responsible governments prepare for this change\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In such turbulent times, it is the responsibility of regulators and policymakers to keep all stakeholders in line in order to truly leverage the potential of technologies for healthcare and avoid dystopic outcomes. It is a difficult task to undertake. Governments should listen to people, technology companies, drug producers, healthcare providers and shape policy according to real needs while keeping pace with innovation. Policymakers must find a balance between safety and innovation. They should promote the safe use of digital health technologies while offering regulations to separate the wheat from the chaff. Besides, they should think about all the potential legal consequences of the usage of healthcare technologies, including data protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, several governments are already consciously preparing for the future. Canada, New Zealand, Denmark or Estonia are on the way to an entirely digital healthcare system – every one of them being at a different stage of development, delivering already implemented good practices for other nations. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recognizing that issues vary across countries, regions, and medical specialties; we have strived to include as many exemplary cases as possible in this policy report. They are grouped together around the four most important topics: 1: patient design replacing patient centricity, 2: the regulation of digital health, 3: national policies and 4: regulating AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let’s see a few examples from the report!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jmir.org\u002F2022\u002F8\u002Fe39178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patient design vs patient centricity\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A paradigm shift is underway in the patient-clinician relationship, driven by irreversible changes in information access, yet the model under which clinicians are trained, care is conducted, and care delivery is designed has not changed significantly even though we call it “patient-centered.” It is increasingly important to understand the crucial difference between patient design and the illusory “patient-centric” approach that keeps patients in passive roles and means nothing more than “we might think about you when we make decisions”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patient design \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F3-reasons-why-patient-design-must-replace-the-patient-centricity-illusion\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">is a different concept\u003C\u002Fa>, one that invites patients as active participants – and stakeholders – in the highest levels of decision-making in healthcare. This is called a “co-design” approach and is defined as “a creative practice that can be used to improve customer experience and enhance value”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To build this new world of practice and workflow, we simply must engage with patients as true partners. To achieve medicine’s new potential, it must be optimised around the wants and priorities of the ultimate stakeholder—the party that has the most at stake in how it all plays out: the patient. Patient design is the approach that can make it happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulating digital health – how to handle digital therapeutics\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Digital health applications and solutions are increasingly becoming part of our healthcare experience. Partially because they offer fast and convenient solutions for problems arising from capacity shortages of traditional medical systems (like skin-checking apps), or because they enhance the capabilities of doctors, medical personnel, or hospitals (like sepsis watch algorithms or AI diagnostics models).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While these apps are available in many medical specialties, channelling them into state-run healthcare systems to harness the benefits on population-wide scales is challenging. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fdiga-how-germany-channeled-digital-health-apps-into-its-healthcare-system\" target=\"_blank\">Germany’s DiGA system\u003C\u002Fa> tackles this issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Based on the Digital Healthcare Act, 73 million Germans covered by statutory health insurance (approximately 90% of the total population) are entitled to use DiGAs, provided they have a prescription or an attested diagnosis. This means that digital healthcare has made it into primary care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Statutory health insurers reimburse the associated DiGA costs, with prices negotiated in advance with the umbrella association of German health insurance companies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National policies – New Zealand gets outside input into government policy\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Government of New Zealand has a public health strategy, a health technology strategy and they invited people to give feedback on the upcoming digital health strategy too. They create the report with the digital health sector through literature review, briefings to sector groups, face-to-face workshops and online collaboration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Their opinions will be incorporated into the final report and will be published under a Creative Commons license meaning that anyone can freely access them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Strategy is not meant to be a detailed plan, nor a document to sit on a bookshelf, but aspirational goals and enabling strategies, priorities, frameworks, guidelines and resources that will evolve and change over time in response to the changing digital world that New Zealanders live in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They also expect continual revision of the Strategy as the digital future emerges, which is an excellent approach to address the changing needs of patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulating artificial intelligence – Large language models\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to advanced large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 and Bard. These LLMs have already gained significant interest in the realm of healthcare due to their wide-ranging use cases such as aiding in clinical documentation, expediting insurance pre-authorization, summarizing scientific studies, and functioning as chatbots to respond to patient inquiries about their personal data and worries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite their immense transformative potential, it’s crucial to approach LLMs with caution. Their training methodology differs from other AI-powered medical technologies that have already undergone regulation, a distinction that becomes particularly significant in the sensitive arena of patient care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The latest iteration, GPT-4, introduced in March 2023, escalates the potential and risks of this technology in supporting various medical tasks. Alongside the inherent risks of misinterpreting its outputs due to inconsistent reliability, GPT-4 showcases advanced capabilities such as interpreting text within images and analysing their context.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The task of regulating GPT-4 and other generative AI in the healthcare sector without stifling their revolutionary potential is a pressing and critical challenge. This is necessary to ensure patient safety, uphold ethical standards, and safeguard patient privacy. We propose that regulatory supervision should reassure medical professionals and patients of the safe use of LLMs, without jeopardizing their data or privacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv align=\"center\">\n\u003Cfigure>\u003Ca class=\"img\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fdigital-health-and-ai-best-practices-for-policy-makers\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F06\u002F0605_policy_report_cover.png\" alt=\"digital health and AI best practices for policy makers\" width=\"458\" height=\"139\"\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There are many more great examples in The Medical Futurist Institute’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002Fdigital-health-and-ai-best-practices-for-policy-makers\">report\u003C\u002Fa>. Please feel free to download it and share it with anyone who might be interested. We encourage you to send it also to your policy-makers if you think that more should be done with regard to healthcare policy in your country. 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