Versorgungsforschung in der Schweiz: Wohin fhrt der Weg

Zwahlen, Marcel; Steck, Nicole; Moser, André

doi:10.4414/saez.2020.18607

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“…Despite the constant commitment of the scientific and political fields in the last few years, the overall situation of the health data framework in Switzerland still faces several challenges. For example, data-controllers continue to express reluctance with respect to facilitating the combination of data from different sources (19). Moreover, the overall operationalisation and implementation of digital health remains in a developing phase (20).…”

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“…Such examples reveal that there is still room for improvement in how health data are collected and shared between stakeholders in Switzerland, as already highlighted in a report by the OECD a few years ago (26). These persisting difficulties generate a considerable damage, in that they severely limit the health service research that could be conducted to inform policymaking in healthcare (19,27) and they are significant obstacles to having more transparency in the health sector (12). Moreover, an under-developed and fragmented health data infrastructure represents a hindrance to the development of precision medicine within the country (28).…”

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Evolution or Revolution? Recommendations to Improve the Swiss Health Data Framework

Martani

Geneviève

Egli

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: Facilitating access to health data for public health and research purposes is an important element in the health policy agenda of many countries. Improvements in this sense can only be achieved with the development of an appropriate data infrastructure and the implementations of policies that also respect societal preferences. Switzerland is a revealing example of a country that has been struggling to achieve this aim. The objective of the study is to reflect on stakeholders' recommendations on how to improve the health data framework of this country.Methods: We analysed the recommendations collected as part of a qualitative study including 48 expert stakeholders from Switzerland that have been working principally with health databases. Recommendations were divided in themes and subthemes according to applied thematic analysis.Results: Stakeholders recommended several potential improvements of the health data framework in Switzerland. At the general level of mind-set and attitude, they suggested to foster the development of an explicit health data strategy, better communication and the respect of societal preferences. In terms of infrastructure, there were calls for the creation of a national data center, the improvement of IT solutions and the use of a Unique Identifier for patient data. Lastly, they recommended harmonising procedures for data access and to clarify data protection and consent rules.Conclusion: Recommendations show several potential improvements of the health data framework, but they have to be reconciled with existing policies, infrastructures and ethico-legal limitations. Achieving a gradual implementation of the recommended solutions is the preferable way forward for Switzerland and a lesson for other countries that are also seeking to improve health data access for public health and research purposes.

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Evolution or Revolution? Recommendations to Improve the Swiss Health Data Framework

Martani

Geneviève

Egli

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…It is also equally important to promote health services research (e.g., effectiveness studies, implementation studies, health economic analyses), which is a powerful instrument to understand the transformations taking place in the medical sector. The field of health services research is relatively young and underdeveloped in Switzerland, in comparison with other countries [ 89 ]. In this respect, we trust that more attention towards the megatrends in healthcare—and to the influence that events like the COVID-19 pandemic can have thereon—can be a driver to learn for this kind of research, so that the newest developments in healthcare can be reliably understood and evaluated.…”

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Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care”

Deml¹,

Jungo

Maessen

et al. 2022

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Objectives: In this paper, we present a review of some relevant megatrends in healthcare conducted as part of the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care.” Our aim is to stimulate discussions about long-term tendencies underlying the current and future development of the healthcare system.Methods: Our team—a multidisciplinary panel of researchers involved in the NRP74—went through an iterative process of internal consultations followed by a rapid literature review with the goal of reaching group consensus concerning the most relevant megatrends in healthcare.Results: Five megatrends were identified, namely: 1) Socio-demographic shifts. 2) Broadening meaning of “health.” 3) Empowered patients and service users. 4) Digitalization in healthcare. 5) Emergence of new models of care. The main features of each megatrend are presented, drawing often on the situation in Switzerland as a paradigmatic example and adding reflections on the potential influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on them.Conclusion: Considering the long-term megatrends affecting the evolution of healthcare is important—amongst other things–to understand and contextualise the relevance and implications of innovative health services research results.

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Versorgungsforschung in der Schweiz: Wohin fhrt der Weg

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Evolution or Revolution? Recommendations to Improve the Swiss Health Data Framework

Evolution or Revolution? Recommendations to Improve the Swiss Health Data Framework

Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care”

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