COVID-19 lessons to protect populations against future pandemics by implementing PPPM principles in healthcare

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued for more than 3 years, placing a huge burden on society worldwide. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an end to COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), it is still considered a global threat. Previously, there has been a long debate as to whether the COVID-19 emergency will eventually end or transform into a more common infectious disease from a PHEIC, and how should countries respond to similar pandemics in the future more time-efficiently and cost-effectively. We reviewed the past, middle and current situation of COVID-19 based on bibliometric analysis and epidemiological data. Thereby, the necessity is indicated to change the paradigm from reactive healthcare services to predictive, preventive and personalised medicine (PPPM) approach, in order to effectively protect populations against COVID-19 and any future pandemics. Corresponding measures are detailed in the article including the involvement of multi-professional expertise, application of artificial intelligence, rapid diagnostics and patient stratification, and effective protection, amongst other to be considered by advanced health policy.

The Emergency Medical Team Operating System — a vision for field hospital data management in following the concepts of predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine

“…Among other positive effects, the use of an EPR system in an EMT can improve the quality of the documentation and data accessibility and thus helps to accumulate valuable data with each mission that can be analyzed to gain further knowledge how to support personnel, processes, and resource utilization based on clinical evidence. Support can range from direct clinical assistance to simulation of complex cases for training or mission planning [ 23 – 25 ].…”