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Maintaining and improving outcomes through transitioning point of care

The potential benefits of moving point of care into the homes of patients, as seen in the US, should mean the accompanying challenges to health professionals are faced head on, according to Sagentia colleagues Peter Brady and Stewart Fox.

Long before the current austerity measures hit hospital and other medical budgets, there were signs of a significant divergence between the cost of healthcare provision and growth in the economies of developed countries. This divergence has put us in an unsustainable and unaffordable position, where significant reductions in healthcare spending have become inevitable.

The challenge for the healthcare industry is to provide the devices, systems and equipment which will improve, or at least maintain, outcomes for patients at the same time as reducing the cost of provision for society as a whole.

Read the full article on the HSJ website.

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