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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: FP7 » Digital Divide in Health Care

version: 2 / updated: 2009-11-30
id: #465 / version id: #25
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Originally submitted by: Cornelia Daheim
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WI-WE status:

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unpublished

Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 1 - Health

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Other actions across health themes

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)

Digital Divide in Health Care

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)

Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)

Digital natives - young people that grew up with the internet - are used to digital devices and services. However, it is mostly old patients who might increasingly profit from technology-based self-services, as digital haemodynamometers or computerized schedules for the hospital stay. But it is also the elderly who are overburdened by this technology. It is an increasing challenge to overcome this digital divide.

Keywords

digital natives, internet, healthcare, medicine, patients, digital divide

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...

	issue	type of issue/development	potential impact on society	timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1	WI: All services in hospitals and health care are automated and digitalised	continuation	neutral	now-2050

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

digital natives increasingly entering work life and thus shaping innovation and future technologies, also in medical engineering

Importance

		please specify
	please select	please specify
Level 2: important for a particular world region		mainly EU, North America, several Asian countries (Japan, South Korea etc.)

Progress: 47.92% WWI-WE Version: 2
0	mandatory questions pending
19	questions total
8	questions answered
8	questions completed
11	questions pending