Innovating Patient TLC - No Scrubs Required!
It may need a doctors patients, as rash decisions are for dermatologists!
Welcome to the latest edition of The Karma Future!
I normally write in a way that I hope is entertaining and informative to drive maximum engagement, but healthcare might be the one area where I don’t want to be producing ‘viral content’!
Hopefully my enthusiasm for technological innovation in the sector is infectious though, as it’s essential to all our welfare that we maximise the benefits of the progressive development of drugs, treatments and patient care!
Innovating Patient TLC - No Scrubs Required!
The universal truth that ‘prevention is better than any cure’ is indisputable; after all it’s far better to be vigilant when crossing a road, as opposed to getting cracked by a car and having to be put back together again, like Humpty Dumpty!
At least the NHS means you don’t have to shell out for the costs, nor rely on the Kings men – or their horses, whose enthusiasm for the task should be reigned in a bit; their mane issue being the lack of opposable thumbs!
Even on the hoof in an emergency, I think they’re going to have a ‘mare attempting to help, due to being saddled with this lack of dexterity!
(If the lack of funding in the NHS does mean we have to resort to animal staffing, then hopefully the highly paid consultants will at least recommend a primate of some description – although whilst gorilla marketing has been a success, I’m not sure orangutan healthcare would be!)
Prevention is only possible when things are predictable in advance and mitigating action can be taken, yet some things appear to be completely unpredictable!
How else can you explain that a smoker, who drank daily and had excessive red meat and sugar intake can live to 122 (like Jeanne Louise Calment, the oldest person on record), yet professional athletes, in peak physical fitness, can drop dead in their supposed prime?
I think we can agree that Jeanne is a fluke, a statistical anomaly, but what about elite sportsmen whose fitness and vital statistics are constantly scrutinised by sports scientists and medical teams?
If an underlying issue can go unnoticed or undiagnosed for someone who’s in peak fitness and has their health constantly monitored, then how many people are walking around that are basically ticking timebombs?
I have a (likely to be widely discredited) theory that everyone has a finite number of heart beats. A predefined quota, that regardless of what you do or your lifestyle, is a limit that when hit – game over.
It would explain how someone that smokes and drinks can become the oldest person to ever live, yet a professional sportsperson can succumb to fatality in their prime years!
I’m sure that my theory of predetermination is an Off The Wall idea, despite examples like (Billy) Jeanne that could leave peer reviewers in a State Of Shock, and telling me to Beat It, as its Bad science and Dangerous. If you also feel that longevity isn’t as Black Or White as my sensationalist theoretical Thriller suggests, or the idea makes you Scream, I’m sure You Are Not Alone.
If I look at the Man In The Mirror and reflect on this, One Day In Your Life and mine we will all be in a Jam, and reliant on innovative medical intervention that means Heaven Can Wait!
Remember The Time wasn’t long ago that Morphine was liberally used for pain relief, but thanks to medical magicians Workin’ All Day And Night to innovate drug development and provide patient care that Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough treatment, we have discovered alternative solutions.
I don’t think we show enough appreciation for these lifesavers, so I Want You Back to showing The Love You Save for these heroes like during covid, as Who Is It that will Shake Your Body’s immune system in to action?
Whilst it won’t mean you can Never Say Goodbye, The Way [they] Make You Feel will show that there’s no chance They Don’t Care About Us!
It’s Human Nature to want to Heal The World, but as my fatalist concept might Rock Your World, maybe I need to put the idea back In The Closet for now; however I Wanna Be Startin’ Something of a debate about the digital revolution in healthcare.
I’ll Be There, Will You Be There? I’d argue we’ve all Got To Be There. Can You Feel Its critical importance, given medical innovation is essential to all our wellbeing?
So Don’t Leave Me Alone in this conversation! If you want to be part of the future of healthcare digitalisation and explore how emerging technologies can help to revolutionise everything from ERP and advanced analytics, to solutions that may help the frontline dealing with Blood On The Dance Floor, it’s as simple as ABC!
Just drop me a message or contact me on LinkedIn, and we can arrange a free consultation to discuss these topics further!