title: Innovation in health care technology: is it part of the problem or part of the solution? eHealth gives the answer.
abstract: There is no doubt that the contribution of the Health Care Technologies to the tremendous evolution on Medicine since mid XX century has been one of its most important pillars. At the same time the innovation has been sometimes accused of been the root of the increase in the Health Care expenditure to support the Health of the society. Actually, when the Health Care Systems are focusing not only on the critical processes but on the continuum of the disease, the application of innovation to the chronic diseases and, more specifically, in the Cardiovascular ones (specially the Cardiac Insufficiency), represents a great challenge for care givers, patients and the Health Care Systems as their treatment requires continuous medical care and patient self management. The key for establishing this continuity of care in an efficient way is based in the concept of "Anticipation". This is the only way to avoid the burden of the continuous re-hospitalizations of this kind of patients. The engagement of patients in the adoption of healthy lifestyles with a positive impact in the progression of their diseases is fundamental to avoid the appearance of chronic complications or co-morbidities. Only with these assumptions the Innovation on Health Care Technologies will become part of the solution of the sustainability of the Health Care expenditure for the society. This paper present the keys for making the innovation efficient understanding the transversal of the Health Care processes.
authors.affiliation: Medtron ic Ibérica, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Colas
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guillen
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000639:trends*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D038622:Internationality; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000639:trends*