E-Health In Action: Incorporating Automation Systems In Chronic Care Facilities To Improve Healthcare

Most chronic illnesses are non-communicable. However, 70% of the world’s mortality rate occurs due to long-term non-communicable diseases. Nations from all around the globe have been trying for decades to find solutions to help cater to the needs of the fast-growing number of patients with chronic illnesses. Chronic care facilities are for patients who have long-term illnesses. Including automation systems in healthcare facilities, especially chronic care facilities, must be considered by all countries.

Chronic diseases progress slowly and affect both developed and undeveloped countries. Annually, global healthcare expenditures for chronic and mental health conditions reach $47 trillion over the succeeding 20 years. Mental illness, cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease, and diabetes are the five leading chronic illnesses around the world. Chronic diseases take more than 36 million lives per year. Health experts expect that chronic diseases will kill more than tens of millions more in the coming decades.

Chronic care facilities incorporate automation systems to aid in the organization of health data to improve healthcare and cut hospital and economic costs. Furthermore, experts are taking action by creating solutions to prevent people from acquiring chronic illnesses. Chronic diseases linked to poor diet, tobacco, lack of exercise, and abuse of alcohol. The solutions are to uphold healthier lifestyles like encouraging healthier eating habits, recommending more exercise, and promoting organic food and beverages.

Facilities must incorporate automation systems since chronic diseases are prevalent around the world. In fact, 52 million annual deaths due to chronic illnesses will ensue by 2030. Health experts say that the pervasiveness of chronic disease is more than a global health issue. It is a global economic issue that affects all sectors of society. E-health is the secure and cost-effective use of communication and information technologies to support effective healthcare, health education, and health surveillance. Healthcare facilities with automation systems can make real-time symptom management and care coordination scalable, sustainable, and feasible for value-based care services.