Healthcare Champions
We all know that chronic diseases such as COPD, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke are key causes of disability and death. These diseases are common and costly to the individual and the healthcare provider.
The good news is that they are largely preventable; there is therefore reason to be optimistic about the future. The challenge is about changes in behaviour; in many cases it can be moving from an unhealthy to a healthy state of behaviour.
This is an educational and motivational exercise as the power is with individuals to change the way they live. However, as suggested in A Brighter Healthcare Future individuals need to be helped to make the right decisions. Individuals need easily understood health information and a way of receiving it frequently.
We need "healthcare champions" to inspire their peers to adopt and use enabling technologies e.g. information technology, that both provide the tools for care redesign and improve the patients’ clinical and social well-being.
As new "healthcare champions" emerge Axon will listen to the needs and new solutions will be developed.