Why the hospital of the future will be your own home | Niels van Namen 

It is a great concept, that would result in an easier recovery and less complications. However it is important to know why hospital came to be and fix the problems of the past where a similar system existed. First of all there would be shortage of healthcare workers. Even in the current system, there is a deficit of nurses, physicians, and other types of providers. If we were to establish a system where nurses administer treatment at home, the patient load they can logistically carry would decrease. The number of healthcare workers need to care for the same amount of patients would drastically increase and make the current problem even worse. Secondly although a lot patients in the hospital can be treated at home, the treatment they are on requires supervision for side effects or there is a possibility of their condition worsening and potential need more specialized care. This can be solved by either setting up secondary healthcare centers close enough to hospitals or determining very specific criteria for conditions and patients that can be given home healthcare. Overall the transition towards home healthcare has begun for simple conditions and patients who are responding well to treatment however it is important to have the vision to see potential problems and arrange solutions before we start treating patients with complex conditions at home.

I'm from Myanmar, a third world country.I'm about to start a clinic... and this video enlightened me that logistics is very important... it's not about getting more customers It's about providing better service to the patient... I'm still thinking why we need to go hospital for some minor treatment while we can order pizza to our home..

I think he deliver his thoughts clear and in affective way. Its nice to hear this short but fierce speech.

Doctors and nurses used to regularly engage in home visits. This is nothing new, we just forgot it for some reason.

NO DOUBT ...future hospital will be in one's own home. Awesome message.

Very ambitious ideas, but the practical hurdles to overcome are far higher than this one sided passionate talk adresses. This man clearly does only work on the logistics side of health care, not on the 'real' care side of the current health care system

He is not really into health care like doctors and nurses are, he is a logistics manager at UPS. Of course it is more comfortable being at home when you are sick. But having 100.000 mini hospitals at home obviously means a lot more business for UPS then having it all in one place. Still, a lot of care now being provided in hospital can be provided at home as well. It is questionable however if that, over all, will be cheaper, or that it will only mean that the money goes more via UPS in stead of where it is going now. Healthcare will always have it's price. No one wants to pay for it and every one wants to be at the receiving end of the money. UPS is one of them. That is not right or wrong per se, but just a different perspective on this talk.

Well this will cut doctor bills

I didn't know Varys gave TED talks.

Yes finally someone who speaks my mind. Home healthcare would be so great. And it used to be a thing, that the family doc would come over and do a ll the regular tests and all the vaccines. But the insurance companys wanted more profit so now a doctor only get´s very little per patient so they try to cram in as many as possible.

I've bee a live-in health/companion for a number of years because I gave up my marriage & home. Having some mobility issues now but am able to move around in a one level house without difficulty. I'm aware there are now computerized medical beds that compile data on bed's occupant & relays it. The one problem I see is power loss especially when a patient goes into crisis.

Oh how amazing that would be!

This is brilliant! May it be so. And soon.

This is the way we are going in Australia, especially for the elderly, as we are facing a crisis in a few years as our baby boomers are ageing. There aren't enough high care aged care facilities, so there has been a huge emphasis on home care. Not just nurses but also cleaners, personal carers and the like. And if admitted, people get out of hospital faster, and therefore more beds are available, but people feel better at home usually. Personal care buzzers such Tunstall provide are also there for people who need help after falling etc. Postnatal home care is huge, as well as aged care. There are now also mobile physios, podiatrists, occupational therapists. I'm not sure about the chemo treatment. I think some-one still has to go to hospital but once a stent is inserted, there is no reason why it can't be administered at home by a nurse. After-hours home visits by doctors are now becoming more common. I had one come to me on a weekend when I thought I had food poisoning but it turned out to be a severe case of diverticulitis. I didn't even know what that was, and if left untreated my bowel would have burst. I then ended up in hospital as it was necessary. It is changing for the better I think.

This is a complex topic, there really is not a "one size fits all" type of solution, but one thing is certain and ubiquitous . . . people have to become much more proactive in managing their own health. This means much more focus on one's own preventative health management . . . better diet, exercise, common sense lifestyle. The days of people living very unhealthy lifestyles, over eating, smoking, excessive drinking and so on, and then showing up at the hospital with ailments that they caused to themselves, these days have to come to an end. Having said that, it does make sense that much of the care and procedures that had been relegated to the "big fancy hospitals" can in fact be rendered at home with current and emerging technologies. Which leads to a larger question, that being the required change of the "traditional" economic and business models that have surrounded so-called health care industry, and is now spiraling out of control. And yes, it is absolutely true that many doctors are getting completely burned out with the assembly line type of practice they find themselves in, and for many still in med school or starting out in residency, the extreme cost of the education and crushing debt incurred just to get to that point is daunting. This system is imploding in on itself . . . a radical change in so-called healthcare is necessary and unavoidable.

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Yet another important talk! This "healthcare" madness has been going on for too long. In 2018 we can cover the logistics of this system with the current technology while providing necessary and useful jobs to caretakers. However the best thing you can do is work less, eat healthy foods, go outdoors more and you'd never have to visit a doctor ever again and money you invested in your health will stay IN YOU and not to hospitals. Prioritize your health over jobs and money!

Good. Although I'd say that preventive self-care should be the main focus, if people learn to have mental wellness, and therefore, a good physical condition, they won't even need to have a treatment at home because they're always going to be healthy. Just avoid getting sick by being positive and happy. Nice talk!

Title is misleading - Hospitals will become your home!

It depends. But is optional.

This has already been considered: Jules Verne & Paschal Grousset - The Begum's fortune Main plot: Someone decides to spend his inherited fortune to build a city where home healthcare is used instead of hospitals, where drainage and sewerage work properly and pollution and endemics are not a problem anymore. (I hope someone tries to implement this someday. )

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In the US everything is a virus and therefore, you can go home to sleep it off. But that’s the catch, not enough sick days are provided by employers, as if we were the HEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WITH ALL THE JUNK WE EAT!!!!

I agree with him in principle but there are kinks to work out . There's a visiting nurses association where I live that a couple people I knew quit because they are nosy and sometimes get social services involved . There have also been complaints about lack of punctuality which annoys me in any care setting . Furthermore opening my home to the homeless like the speaker suggests wouldn't be something I'd be very comfortable with .

It's the price of parking which I dislike!!!

Who disliked this video??😀 Home care now!

Why is health care so expensive? (1) Medical insurance, (2) Malpractice AKA defensive medicine (related to insurance), (3) wage & work rules in medical field, (4) drug prices (related to insurance), overuse of expensive tests & procedures(related to insurance and defensive medicine).

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Good idea. It's much better to be sick at home, if the home is comfortable and clean.

Try and get community care in the UK on weekends, evenings and nights- it’s beyond a joke.

The general population where I work love to stay in the hospital because of the five star service

A lot of things we make it as it invaded our natural life, Why use food Imperfect? Why do we use antibiotics and on the shelves of our kitchens better ones? Vinegar is very useful in the treatment of infections, effectively and quickly and strengthens the immune system - for exm

Haven't had my thyroid meds thanx to the nature of our screwed up mess. Blood test and a tiny pill but for the man with a suit and tie gatekeeper to the doctor, let alone cheaper and more efficient system.

Scandinavians are so smart and innovative

You are so right

Amazing video but why does he look like Lord Varys in the thumbnail lol?

Wow!

It's very hard to accept that the title could be real

Be practical drs are there and they don't let it happen bitter truth but must be agreed bcz they put u in such dilemma tht u hve to agree them sad but true..😢

This will be a big change ...The positive psychological effect that will have on the patient will work as a treatment only.

Wait! Before I even watch the video let me guess... Insurance companies. Am I right?

It's also a loss of control over our own destiny. ...which is wrong

My family hospital is our backyard, &our farm, growing my own , and if you read this please make sure you plant a moringa tree, doesn’t need a huge garden even a flower pot or old bucket will do..! Research on it 👌🏾 I believe every family needs this plant in their backyard/garden.

If the country doesn't train sufficient nurses...doctors...specialist care and mental health staff...that's the reason for shortages

The future is now brother, I have everything I need on my back yard, vegetables and herbs, food and medicine, everyone should do the same.

um..not varys

As someone who works in healthcare this is largely garbage. Hospitals exist for a reason. The movement to try and treat in the community is valid but nothing new, its about finding the balance between hospital vs community care

Because we will all be sick and dying

He siad home health care because of highcost is that impossible home will be cheaper than hospital!!!!

LMAO the the UPS reputation partner made a commercial for CAPITAL ONE and said to go to the US capital riot and apply for a CREDITABILITY card after I destroyed your reputation with UPS

Elizabeth Holmes 2.0 ? Idk, this is a bold movement cotton. Let’s see how it pans out.

Shake your mind

It is sad this has to be a TED Talk when the solution is so obvious and beneficial to not only the individuals affected, but to every country as a whole and their entire financial future. What are we doing? 17% instead of 5% monetarily and providing worse treatment for ourselves. Capitalism cannot be placed over Care!!!

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Yeah so there's no witnesses ya fud

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wtf

Am I the only Latin here

Because no one will have healthcare?

Yeah maybe for rich people.