Elsevier Health's first 'Clinician of the Future' global report, conducted in collaboration with Ipsos, provides insights into the current challenges, future projections, and collaborative solutions in the healthcare industry. Released two years after the onset of the [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic, this comprehensive report uncovers healthcare professionals' sense of being undervalued and their urgent appeals for enhanced skills training, particularly in leveraging health data and technology effectively, preserving the patient-doctor relationship amid a digital transformation, a
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Elsevier Health's first 'Clinician of the Future' global report, conducted in collaboration with Ipsos, provides insights into the current challenges, future projections, and collaborative solutions in the healthcare industry. Released two years after the onset of the [Coronavirus Disease 2019] COVID-19 pandemic, this comprehensive report uncovers healthcare professionals' sense of being undervalued and their urgent appeals for enhanced skills training, particularly in leveraging health data and technology effectively, preserving the patient-doctor relationship amid a digital transformation, and bolstering healthcare workforce recruitment.
Clinicians are concerned about a global shortage of doctors and nurses and many have indicated they will leave the profession or change roles as a result of burnout. Many are feeling overwhelmed with the increasing amount of information, data and technology they must keep up with, in addition to a growing population of empowered patients adding pressure to already overworked healthcare professionals. Clinicians predict that technological literacy will be the most important capability for doctors and nurses in 10 years' time. There is widespread support amongst clinicians to overhaul education and training to ensure they can keep pace with the rapid rate of technological advances.
Clinicians expect more patient consultations to be conducted remotely in the future. While making healthcare more accessible, clinicians expressed concern that it would be harder to express empathy and utilize the necessary soft skills required when communicating with patients via a screen. Clinicians are clear that guidance is required to set out when consultations should be conducted in person and when they could be done virtually. More support is needed to help the clinician of the future maintain a positive relationship with patients in a virtual setting, along with increased training on how to utilize technology and data to improve patient outcomes without adding to their workload.
Excerpts from publisher's website.
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