In addition to this, patient safety has become a burning issue, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that 1 in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital care in developed countries due to preventable medical errors. To make matters worse, communicable diseases such as lower respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, and tuberculosis continue to haunt global health by featuring amongst the top ten causes of death in 2015 and thus lead to a double burden of disease. Furthermore, modernization of lifestyle and a rapidly ageing population have set the conditions ripe for a plethora of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hypertension which require long-term continuous treatment and management leading to a substantial economic burden on the healthcare system as well as accounting for 70% of deaths globally. The healthcare sector in the modern era, despite witnessing numerous breakthroughs in the field of medicine and pharmacology together with an astonishing healthcare expenditure which in the United States alone has stretched to $3.2 trillion in 2015, reflects a grim scenario since affordable, accessible and quality healthcare to every segment of the population continues to remain a distant dream which is precipitated by the worldwide lack of highly skilled healthcare professionals. Overview, Digital health, Connected health, Healthcare delivery Lastly, some of the critical views about digitalization of health that have impeded the widespread adoption have been touched. Various trends in the technology arena which uphold the tenets of patient-centered care are also outlined. The evolution of technology use in healthcare from telemedicine to the present era of connected health is highlighted and discussed as a pertinent emerging model to strengthen the patient-centered care and link the components of the healthcare sector. Amidst the background of numerous challenges confronting the healthcare sector (such as rising costs, chronic disease upsurge and issues related to patient safety), this narrative review aims to shed light on the opportunities provided by patient-centered care and technology use as a means to improve and reshape the healthcare sector.
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