Introducing Care 4.0: An Integrated Care Paradigm Built on Industry 4.0 Capabilities
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Digital Health and Care Institute, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1RD, UK
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The Glasgow School of Art, Forres IV36 2SH, UK
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16(12), 2247; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122247
Received: 30 April 2019
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Revised: 13 June 2019
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Accepted: 20 June 2019
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Published: 25 June 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global Advances in Telehealth Practice)
Western developed health and care policy is shifting from a patriarchal medical model to a co-managed and integrated approach. Meanwhile, the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is transforming manufacturing in line with the digital consumer revolution. Digital health and care initiatives are beginning to use some of the same capabilities to optimize healthcare provision. However, this is usually limited to self-management as part of an organization-centric delivery model. True co-management and integration with other organizations and people is difficult because it requires formal care organizations to share control and extend trust. Through a co-design lens, this paper discusses a more person-centered application of Industry 4.0 capabilities for care. It introduces ‘Care 4.0’, a new paradigm that could change the way people develop digital health and care services, focusing on trusted, integrated networks of organizations, people and technologies. These networks and tools would help people co-manage and use their own assets, in the context of their own care circle and community. It would enable personalized services that are more responsive to care needs and aspirations, offering preventative approaches that ultimately create a more flexible and sustainable set of integrated health and social care services that support meaningful engagement and interactions.
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Keywords:
care 4.0; industry 4.0; health 4.0; integration; trust; co-design; person-centered; distributed; community; care
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Chute, C.; French, T. Introducing Care 4.0: An Integrated Care Paradigm Built on Industry 4.0 Capabilities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122247
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Chute C, French T. Introducing Care 4.0: An Integrated Care Paradigm Built on Industry 4.0 Capabilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(12):2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122247
Chicago/Turabian StyleChute, Chaloner, and Tara French. 2019. "Introducing Care 4.0: An Integrated Care Paradigm Built on Industry 4.0 Capabilities" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 12: 2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122247
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