THE DEMOCRATISATION OF HEALTH – SERIES OF STUDIES ON THE FUTURE OF THE SWISS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

The healthcare system is going through a period of major upheaval: as a result of increasing economisation, of new technologies such as telemedicine and of the decentralisation of diagnostic equipment, patients have come to participate in medical decisions in the role of healthcare consumers. Health is becoming democratised. This demands new structures and concepts, which put people rather than institutions, processes rather than products at the centre of things. In a new series of studies, within the context of HEALTH HORIZONS, W.I.R.E. takes a closer look at these topics in a three volume publication.

VOLUME 1: COLLABORATE OR DIE!

A hard-hitting analysis of the future of cooperation in the Swiss healthcare system.

The first volume deals with networks in the health-care system and analyses providers' strategies as well as their role and degree of trust in matters of illness and health.

Written by Stephan Sigrist and Sebastian Ulbrich, Research Board: Gerd Folkers and Christoph Classes
With illustrations by Marcel Morach

VOLUME 2: iHEALTH

How modern diagnosis and mobile medicine are revolutionising the healthcare system.

The second volume examines progress in molecular diagnostics and decentralised structures. In so doing, it points up how human beings, with their changing values as customers and patients, are being put at the centre of concerns, and what consequences follow from this.

Written by Stephan Sigrist, Sandra Willi and Gerd Folkers
With illustrations by Matthias Gnehm and Stephan Troll

VOLUME 3: OPEN SOURCE HEALTHCARE

How open models of innovation can transform the research landscape and the healthcare system in Switzerland for the better.

The third volume discusses the free publication of scientific data and the results of clinical studies. The focus is on the opportunities and limitations for open models of innovation.

Written by Stephan Sigrist, Markus Kaufmann and Elvan Kut
With illustrations by Marcel Morach

The studies are published by the publishers of Neue Zürcher Zeitung.