Global Paradigm Shift in Healthcare through Disruptive Innovations

3^rd International Conference on Health Informatics and Technology

June 29-30, 2016 New Orleans, USA

Rose E. Constantino

University of Pittsburgh, USA

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Health Med Inform

Abstract :

Our world is shrinking as disruptive innovations dominate our way of life and health. The Purpose of this paper is to provide information and guidance for audiences to shift from anomalies that threaten worldviews and transform global challenges in health equity to opportunities for global-people-centered healthcare innovations. Global paradigm shift (GPS) is defined as a fundamental change in approach or assumptions that affects local, regional, national, and international methodology or practice in health, healthcare, healthcare providers and healthcare systems. GPS could be an event when usual and accepted ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving about health, healthcare, healthcare providers and healthcare systems changes. To remain relevant in a rapidly changing and technology-driven world, we need to be innovative by shifting strategies to meet the demands of diverse healthcare consumers, to pursue alternative theories, models and methods of delivering health interventions, to adopt new technologies and to take on new roles and activities. Citizens of the world have been oriented to the proposition that diseases are events to be conquered, to be cured or excised. However, in the process of curing or removing it, the disease usually wins through metastasis, gaining roots and producing an unacceptable acute debilitating outcome or death. Therefore our challenge is to be Collaborative, Agile, Resilient, and Ethical in strengthening the bond between global communities and health outcomes-- attributes of GPS. Health in GPS could be defined as being well, agile and resilient physically, emotionally, spiritually, behaviorally, socially, and economically not only the absence of disease but even in the presence of chronic disease. A short video portion of the paper will be presented.

Biography :

Email: rco100@pitt.edu