Ensuring The Next Generation Of Health Care Professionals: Still An Unmet Need

Health Care Is At A ‘Crucial Point’ On Its Journey To The Future Says Philips

19 Mar 2020

For its fifth annual Future Health Index, Royal Philips chose to focus on the insights and needs of health care professionals below the age of 40, a group that often feels unheard, and yet will form the basis of the workforce over the next two decades. Getting it right from their point of view is vital.

“The findings of the Future Health Index (FHI) 2020 demonstrate that we are at a crucial moment in the journey to the future of health care.” So said Jan Kimpen, chief medical officer at Royal Philips NV, as the group published the fifth annual edition in its series of FHI reports. The survey, of some 3,000 young doctors and nurses from 15 countries, reveals that unmet needs can apply to health care providers and health care professionals (HCPs), as well as patients.

The goal of the Philips Future Health indexes is to understand customers better and cater to their needs, especially in...