Na minha senda de tentar pensar o futuro da saúde, encontrei um artigo, para a realidade americana, mas que de alguma forma, poderá ser transposto para a realidade europeia(?).
Na revista "The McKinsey Quarterly", o artigo "A better hospital experience", assinado por: Kurt Grote, Juhn Newman e Samya Sutaria.
Relativamente ao desenvolvimento da indústria da saúde, no futuro espaço comunitário europeu, com os diferentes sistemas nacionais de saúde a competirem entre si, para captarem clientes. Eis algumas pistas retiradas do artigo:
"Conventional thinking has long held that most patients base their choice of hospital on its clinical reputation, its location, or their physicians’ recommendations. Recently, though, hospital executives in the United States have begun recognizing that patients also consider nonclinical factors, such as comfortable rooms and convenient registration procedures, when choosing where to seek treatment."
"To understand which factors patients value, we tested their interest in 11 nonclinical aspects of a hospital visit, such as a simple sign-in process and extensive in-room entertainment options. We found that patients might switch hospitals for many reasons, but two stand out. First, patients will consider switching if they think that a specific hospital will keep them better informed (for example, by providing counselors who can help them understand medical terms). They will also do so if a hospital is known for its timeliness—keeping appointments within 30 minutes or compensating patients with gift certificates if they’re kept waiting too long."
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"... About 75 percent, for example, would consider switching hospitals to become better informed about treatments or if appointments were kept on time. But when required to choose between these two factors, three times as many patients said they valued information as valued timeliness."
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"As hospital executives learn more about what patients want, it becomes possible to segment customer groups in the same way marketers do in retailing and other industries."
É um mundo novo que se abre, para quem tem olhos para ver, ouvidos para ouvir e flexibilidade para se posicionar.
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