OECD draws attention to the challenges of new technologies for national health systems

Medical Adina Camarasu
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Facing the challenges imposed by the newest technologies, national health systems must accelerate their procedures.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD in short, recommended some things in a report released on Monday.

Research & Innovation for health systems

That is, health systems must particularly finance research and better assess their innovation programs.

So, the continuous development of personalized medicine, nanotechnology, applications for mobile phones dedicated to health or the analysis of health data are ‘huge opportunities’.

But, they require all the ‘actors’ to adapt to it, stressed OECD.

However, the international organization has launched a series of recommendations to ‘ensure access’ to as many innovations as possible.

This would offer real added value, while ensuring the patient’s safety and the efficient use of resources.

The 35 nations that are part of this organization are mainly developed countries.

They are encouraged by OCED to cooperate more.

The final target is to identify future innovative technologies that might represent a financial challenge.

Also, they would have to ‘better coordinate their efforts to identify gaps’ in the research field.

Specifically, the development of biomedical field has to come up with effective methods to encourage research.

For example, to create new antibiotics and treatments targeting the Alzheimer’s disease.

Also, OECD recommends to strengthen regulations on medical devices, that is currently less stringent than for drugs and to undergo post-market evaluations.

A regulatory framework should also be adopted for health services using mobile technologies (mHealth), to ensure their quality and ensure data confidentiality.

As for the health system crisis in Britain, apparently it has become a yearly practice and the same conflicts might also start rising in other parts of the world.