Philips leads healthcare digitalization

Holistic Approach

“We can achieve sustainable systems with integrated healthcare solutions driven by digital technology,” Vasama continues. “We take a holistic approach.” Philips believes they can address many of the challenges the healthcare sector is facing by transforming healthcare from its current focus on diagnosis and treatment to an integrated approach across the entirety of health and wellbeing. “This covers the range of patient needs from living healthily, to being diagnosed and treated for an illness, to recovery,” Vasama explains. “It is at the meeting of personal wellness and professional healthcare.”

Creating a New Ecosystem

Vasama says Philips is uniquely positioned to be a leader in digital health: vast amounts of data from Philips devices are used to help healthcare providers connect with their patients, manage their conditions and give patients control. “Philips has developed secure cloud solutions, such as the HealthSuite Digital Platform,” he says. “With proper consent, we can use the existing data from our devices and greatly increase the benefit to patients, caregivers and health authorities. We do this by allowing developers and manufacturers to collect and analyse data as well as connect with patients. “Empowering patients in their own care is a critical part of the next generation of healthcare. At Philips we encourage the development of an ecosystem with open applications that span all of health and wellbeing, and which focus on patient-caregiver relationships to help enhance clinical decision-making.