03861nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001500172072001600187072001500203072002300218072001500241100008100256245006600337250001800403264006900421300006400490336002600554337002600580338003600606347002400642505030800666520185800974650003202832650003302864650003802897650004102935650002702976650002403003650004503027650003403072650002603106710003403132773002603166776003603192776003603228856004603264912001403310912001403324999001703338978-3-031-69944-3DE-He21320251030113120.0cr nn 008mamaa241001s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316994439978-3-031-69944-37 a10.1007/978-3-031-69944-32doi 4aR858-859.7 7aMBG2bicssc 7aUB2bicssc 7aMED1170002bisacsh 7aUXT2thema1 aGrant, Paul.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98541114aThe Virtual Hospitalh[electronic resource] /cby Paul Grant.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXV, 201 p. 48 illus., 46 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aIntroduction -- Challenging the paradigm of healthcare delivery -- The virtual ward -- The virtual clinic -- Primary care for the future -- Virtual emergency care -- Proactive care -- The monitored self -- Spare parts -- The digitally excluded patient -- Digital ethics and the governance of innovation.  aThis book describes the current picture of healthcare and how medicine can develop in the 21st century to provide traditional hospital services differently with the use of clinical-digital transformation. Technological and social developments are enabling doctors, patients, tech developers, entrepreneurs and policy makers to recognise that care delivery can be achieved in novel and interesting ways far from the classic bricks and mortar approach. There are multiple triggers for change including the ageing population, limitations of existing clinical capacity and the COVID pandemic, accelerating the use of remote technologies, along with patient demands and expectations being higher than ever. With the speed of development of so many new technologies, it is hard to keep track of them, plus there is a need to scrutinize their claims and true potential for significant improvements in care delivery. The increasing global emphasis on the use of ‘virtual wards’, a way of remotely monitoring patients in their own homes and freeing up hospital beds, raises questions about the use of such systems of care and how they may be prone to safety failures and higher costs. The rush to use them needs to be balanced with the right level of evaluation and assurance. The Virtual Hospital explores the many approaches by which traditional medical practice is changing and the potential for new technologies (everything from biohacking to AI) to disrupt the existing paradigm. The goal is to assess and challenge whether the claims for such developments are robust and beneficial, rather than merely praising how shiny and clever the future looks. Consequently, this book is of enormous value to all involved in the provision of care, from physicians, nurses and healthcare planners to data scientists and healthcare leaders in all clinical settings. 0aMedical informatics.960693 0aPractice of medicine.970685 0aHospitalsxAdministration.970686 0aPublic health administration.973254 0aMedical policy.95906314aHealth Informatics.24aPractice and Hospital Management.97068724aHealth Administration.97325524aHealth Policy.9624962 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303169943608iPrinted edition:z978303169945040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69944-3  aZDB-2-SME  aZDB-2-SXM  c63907d63907