According to Ahmed Elhusseiny, APAC Area Head of Roche Pharma, data-driven healthcare can help prepare today for tomorrow’s healthcare challenges. In a recent interview with HIMMS TV, Ahmed said digital technology and data strategies are critical to the health system’s ability to cope with the “quiet epidemic” of an aging population and rising incidence of non-communicable diseases. I explained how I thought it was.
Having held a leadership role at Roche for nearly a decade, Ahmed is committed to using data and technology to improve patient outcomes and, more importantly, to strengthen healthcare systems, making them more resilient and sustainable. I am aware that it may be useful for In particular, the effective use of health data offers opportunities to make healthcare more personalized and improve the quality and sustainability of care at every stage of the patient’s journey, from detection to diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. It emphasizes that added value is brought about by creating He is also optimistic that health data could create new opportunities for early intervention to prevent disease.
Working together to lay the foundation for data-driven health
The potential for data-driven healthcare to play a role in meeting the growing demands and mounting pressures facing healthcare systems appears to be increasingly clear, but it is clear that the healthcare system is embracing this potential. Whether it is ready to materialize is not so certain. Ahmed urges stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem to work together to help the system adapt to change, as they did during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But he argues that digital and data-driven healthcare can only “thrive in systems that truly embrace it.”Technology and data are very exciting, but what really matters is that An ecosystem that enables He says partnerships and collaborations will be the key to making that happen.
He gave examples from the Philippines and Indonesia. There, Roche is partnering with local cancer agencies and governments to implement remote mentoring programs to improve the skills of nurses and provide better cancer care to patients in underserved communities. We are making it available.
“The amazing thing is scalability,” he said. “If you do it for 1,000, you can do it for 100,000.” This is just one of the advantages of digital technology, he said.
Partnerships are also key to initiatives in Singapore and Australia. Roche is working with the National Cancer Institute to pilot a comprehensive genome-sequencing program to better identify tumor types and target patients with the best and most likely benefits. Generate data that allows you to receive targeted treatment. result.
Ensuring data security and interoperability
Improving cross-border data flows is one of the biggest opportunities for health data across regional initiatives, Ahmed warns, but it comes with significant challenges. Privacy and security are “one of our top priorities, and data acquisition and transfer must occur in an uncompromising, safe and secure manner.” Interoperability between systems and regions is also a concern. It remains a key challenge that stakeholders must overcome.
Remaining optimistic about the future, he concludes: .”
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