2023 Predictions: Three Ways Healthcare Innovation Will Evolve

It will be vital for providers of healthcare to consider whether innovations truly improve people’s lives and make care more efficient, or will they just be another layer on the workflow and take clinicians’ time away from patients. The severe operational and technical challenges healthcare organizations faced this year will greatly influence the focus of innovation in 2023. With an influx of patients seeking both in-person and remote care, health systems endured staffing shortages, patient capacity issues, and data overload. In many cases, fragmented information systems that store data across different areas proved tedious for care providers. Zhang is the Chief Medical Officer for Connected Care Business Cluster at Philips. In her role, she is responsible for defining, guiding and executing the clinical vision and strategy of Connected Care and its various businesses including patient monitoring and analytics, therapeutic care, sleep and respiratory care, connected care informatics, and population health management.