CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE GLOBAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL AND GENOME INNOVATIONS

Abstract

The global healthcare system is going through a period of complex change due to global changes in technology and treatment methods. There is an urgent need to ensure the availability and safety of the use of medical innovations, taking into account the social determinants of population health, which require significant financial costs and new political solutions. To develop appropriate strategic approaches and principles of management of the modern health care system, politicians need to take into account the behavioral aspects of citizens and the peculiarities of the nation as a whole, which affect the economic and social factors that shape the living conditions of the population. Financial infusions alone cannot solve the problem. Statistics over the past decade show that health care costs have been rising steadily in almost every country. Now it reaches 5-10% of GDP depending on the level of economic development of the country. The realization that the entire system is failing in all directions, despite the growth of financial investments in health care, is an unprecedented manifestation of the situation in terms of preserving the health of the global population as a whole and requires urgent multidisciplinary intervention by health care workers and political figures. Concerns about the current and future state of public health are growing not only in Ukraine, but also in almost every country. Expectations for the solution of many problems are anchored in the first process of convergence of the digital and genomic revolutions in health care. This is expected to improve citizens' health, reduce healthcare costs and make treatment more personalized. At the same time, the available experience and practice of applying all these innovations shows that there are risks that must be considered along with the results when we talk about the future health of the entire population of the planet.