Introduction
Healthcare is being continuously reformed, employing innovation, and developing person-oriented strategies. Envisioning recovery in healthcare offers a new type of improvement in the recovery process, which includes innovational strategies, and the use of communication advancements to assess overall well-being and patient-oriented recovery. Effective envisioning recovery needs reforms in healthcare services using practical knowledge and relying on evidence. According to How, Hwang, Green, and Mihalidis (2016), healthcare practice development teams should focus on how to “extend current design methods in order to facilitate the creative contribution of rehabilitation stakeholders” (p. 244). The use of communication technologies and the active involvement of patients and family in decision-making provide the basis for the person-oriented rehabilitation process.
Main body
Envisioning recovery is a new approach to healthcare that implies model scenario development and prediction of the influence of the changes in healthcare settings on healthcare delivery. Practice development of recovery envisioning requires such resources as evidence-based research, practical skills, experience-gathered knowledge, and innovation. Designing the strategy of recovery includes the involvement of all rehabilitation stakeholders. Davidson (2016) offers the use of so-called “health navigators” – professionals trained in assisting patients with complex needs. The development of the effective collaboration model means that it is also important to involve patients to assist in shared decision-making and take part in their healthcare.
Progress in health communication is a key factor in facilitating intervention, which includes envisioning recovery. These technologies are effective in increasing health literacy, conducting behavioral therapy, and managing overall health. The use of such technical resources as telerehabilitation is the answer to creating patient-centered and family-oriented practice. However, the development and integration of such technologies into healthcare centers is a complex process. According to Özcan, Birdja, Simonse, and Strujis (2018), it needs to involve numerous stakeholders, including patient organizations, governments, data scientists, regulatory agencies, health insurers, and manufacturers.
Conclusion
Effective and contemporary recovery envisioning requires evidence-based practice development combining current knowledge and practical skills of all stakeholders. Communication technologies are useful tools for supporting patients and their caregivers as they provide real-time health assessment and communication. The use of such resources as telerehabilitation establishes overall health management and aids not only patients but also involved family members responsible for caregiving. Technology-based recovery envisioning allows elevating health literacy levels and improving collaboration. The involvement of family and trained assistance professionals also improves the decision-making process.
References
- Davidson, L. (2016). The recovery movement: Implications for mental health care and enabling people to participate fully In life. Health Affairs, 35(6), 1091-1097. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0153
- How, T.-V., Hwang, A. S., Green, R. E. A., & Mihailidis, A. (2016). Envisioning future cognitive telerehabilitation technologies: A co-design process with clinicians. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 12(3), 244-261. doi: 10.3109/17483107.2015.1129457
- Özcan, E., Birdja, D., Simonse, L., & Struijs, A. (2018). Alarm in the ICU! Envisioning patient monitoring and alarm management in future intensive care units. Service Design and Service Thinking in Healthcare and Hospital Management, 421-446. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-00749-2_24