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

 
• By Ashley Yeo

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.

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"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, as the group published the fifth annual edition in its series of reports.

The goal of the Indexes is to understand customers better and cater for their unmet needs, especially in relation to technology, Kimpen said in comments to Medtech Insight

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