A future challenge for healthcare is how to provide improved services to an increasing number of people anytime and anywhere using limited financial and human resources. An EU initiative gathered a multidisciplinary network of researchers to address this challenge.
Pervasive healthcare is considered the future of global health services, removing time and place while increasing coverage and quality. It accommodates the growing need for healthcare arising from several factors. These include the increase in lifestyle and chronic diseases, complexity of large healthcare organisations, provision of services in developing countries and the shift from treatment to preventive medicine.
Further details: Researcher exchange and training to tackle future healthcare challenges