Why the hospital of the future will be your own home | Niels van Namen

Nobody likes going to the hospital, whether it's because of the logistical challenges of getting there, the astronomical costs of procedures or the alarming risks of complications like antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But what if we could get the lifesaving care provided by hospitals in our own homes? Health care futurist Niels van Namen shows how advances in technology are making home care a cheaper, safer and more accessible alternative to hospital stays.

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[rachanapurohit]

It is a great concept, that would result in an easier recovery and less complications. However it is important to know why hospital came to be and fix the problems of the past where a similar system existed. First of all there would be shortage of healthcare workers. Even in the current system, there is a deficit of nurses, physicians, and other types of providers. If we were to establish a system where nurses administer treatment at home, the patient load they can logistically carry would decrease. The number of healthcare workers need to care for the same amount of patients would drastically increase and make the current problem even worse. Secondly although a lot patients in the hospital can be treated at home, the treatment they are on requires supervision for side effects or there is a possibility of their condition worsening and potential need more specialized care. This can be solved by either setting up secondary healthcare centers close enough to hospitals or determining very specific criteria for conditions and patients that can be given home healthcare.
Overall the transition towards home healthcare has begun for simple conditions and patients who are responding well to treatment however it is important to have the vision to see potential problems and arrange solutions before we start treating patients with complex conditions at home.

[ufbddvn]

I think he deliver his thoughts clear and in affective way. Its nice to hear this short but fierce speech.

[thfish]

I'm from Myanmar, a third world country.I'm about to start a clinic... and this video enlightened me that logistics is very important... it's not about getting more customers It's about providing better service to the patient...

I'm still thinking why we need to go hospital for some minor treatment while we can order pizza to our home..

[MrSirAussie]

NO DOUBT ...future hospital will be in one's own home. Awesome message.

[becool]

Doctors and nurses used to regularly engage in home visits. This is nothing new, we just forgot it for some reason.

[Websitecommissie]

Very ambitious ideas, but the practical hurdles to overcome are far higher than this one sided passionate talk adresses. This man clearly does only work on the logistics side of health care, not on the 'real' care side of the current health care system

[healinginteriors]

This is brilliant! May it be so. And soon.

[TheNightwalker]

Yes finally someone who speaks my mind. Home healthcare would be so great. And it used to be a thing, that the family doc would come over and do a ll the regular tests and all the vaccines. But the insurance companys wanted more profit so now a doctor only get´s very little per patient so they try to cram in as many as possible.

[Simbu.]

I didn't know Varys gave TED talks.

[kateburk]

I've bee a live-in health/companion for a number of years because I gave up my marriage & home. Having some mobility issues now but am able to move around in a one level house without difficulty. I'm aware there are now computerized medical beds that compile data on bed's occupant & relays it. The one problem I see is power loss especially when a patient goes into crisis.

[paulmetdebbie]

He is not really into health care like doctors and nurses are, he is a logistics manager at UPS. Of course it is more comfortable being at home when you are sick. But having 100.000 mini hospitals at home obviously means a lot more business for UPS then having it all in one place. Still, a lot of care now being provided in hospital can be provided at home as well. It is questionable however if that, over all, will be cheaper, or that it will only mean that the money goes more via UPS in stead of where it is going now. Healthcare will always have it's price. No one wants to pay for it and every one wants to be at the receiving end of the money. UPS is one of them. That is not right or wrong per se, but just a different perspective on this talk.

[hhhotyg]

One doctor per person, one factory per person, one tutor per person, one channel per person, and so on
From one AI per person

[StephBer]

This is the way we are going in Australia, especially for the elderly, as we are facing a crisis in a few years as our baby boomers are ageing. There aren't enough high care aged care facilities, so there has been a huge emphasis on home care. Not just nurses but also cleaners, personal carers and the like. And if admitted, people get out of hospital faster, and therefore more beds are available, but people feel better at home usually. Personal care buzzers such Tunstall provide are also there for people who need help after falling etc.
Postnatal home care is huge, as well as aged care. There are now also mobile physios, podiatrists, occupational therapists. I'm not sure about the chemo treatment. I think some-one still has to go to hospital but once a stent is inserted, there is no reason why it can't be administered at home by a nurse. After-hours home visits by doctors are now becoming more common. I had one come to me on a weekend when I thought I had food poisoning but it turned out to be a severe case of diverticulitis. I didn't even know what that was, and if left untreated my bowel would have burst. I then ended up in hospital as it was necessary. It is changing for the better I think.

[SynthoidSounds]

This is a complex topic, there really is not a "one size fits all" type of solution, but one thing is certain and ubiquitous . . . people have to become much more proactive in managing their own health.
This means much more focus on one's own preventative health management . . . better diet, exercise, common sense lifestyle. The days of people living very unhealthy lifestyles, over eating, smoking, excessive drinking and so on, and then showing up at the hospital with ailments that they caused to themselves, these days have to come to an end.
Having said that, it does make sense that much of the care and procedures that had been relegated to the "big fancy hospitals" can in fact be rendered at home with current and emerging technologies. Which leads to a larger question, that being the required change of the "traditional" economic and business models that have surrounded so-called health care industry, and is now spiraling out of control.
And yes, it is absolutely true that many doctors are getting completely burned out with the assembly line type of practice they find themselves in, and for many still in med school or starting out in residency, the extreme cost of the education and crushing debt incurred just to get to that point is daunting.
This system is imploding in on itself . . . a radical change in so-called healthcare is necessary and unavoidable.

[MaZe]

Title is misleading - Hospitals will become your home!

[juanmurillo]

Good. Although I'd say that preventive self-care should be the main focus, if people learn to have mental wellness, and therefore, a
good physical condition, they won't even need to have a treatment at home because they're always going to be healthy. Just avoid getting sick by being positive and happy. Nice talk!

[Noukz]

Yet another important talk! This "healthcare" madness has been going on for too long. In 2018 we can cover the logistics of this system with the current technology while providing necessary and useful jobs to caretakers.
However the best thing you can do is work less, eat healthy foods, go outdoors more and you'd never have to visit a doctor ever again and money you invested in your health will stay IN YOU and not to hospitals. Prioritize your health over jobs and money!

[ifell]

It's the price of parking which I dislike!!!

[User-]

Who disliked this video??😀
Home care now!

[celestialcircledance]

I agree with him in principle but there are kinks to work out . There's a visiting nurses association where I live that a couple people I knew quit because they are nosy and sometimes get social services involved . There have also been complaints about lack of punctuality which annoys me in any care setting . Furthermore opening my home to the homeless like the speaker suggests wouldn't be something I'd be very comfortable with .