新托福寫作素材：醫(yī)療保障
The smart way of providing affordable health care
As India’s masses increase in affluence and awareness, they are demanding access to better health care.But the supply of conventionally-delivered health care services cannot hope to keep up with the ever-increasing demand. The clamour for specialists able to address issues beyond what often poorly-trained general practitioners can handle is getting especially loud. To understand the scope of the issue, here are the statistics for selected health care specialists in India vs the US.
The US is widely considered to have a shortage of specialists, as well as a shortage of primary care physicians in rural areas. It has suffered from such shortages for decades. By comparison, India has asuper-shortage of specialists.
Providing new means of affordable access is no small task. We see five factors that must be addressed: First, services of specialists must not only accessible, but also affordable to both urban and rural India. Indians have a high willingness to pay for quality health care diagnostics that are reasonably affordable. There is growing health care consumer awareness in India, so demand will continue to grow if care is affordable and accessible.
Second, services must be from a trustworthy source. Because of all the quacks and healers here, Indians are generally skeptical unless they can find genuine medical credentials. This is even true of “branded” health care services. People want “board certified” .
Third, convenience is a major factor for consumers. People lead busy lives. If you want to visit a specialist, appointments are hard to get and then you end up waiting in a queue. For many people, this means complicated logistics with family, cost of transport to a specialist facility, and lost income. Getting treated for the simplest of maladies, too, is an expensive investment.
Fourth, providing consultation needs to be convenient for specialists. Most specialists are busy, so to take on new clients, they need a solution which enables them to get more services done in the same time, and/or to make better use of their time when they are between patients or in transit.
Fifth, specialists need to earn money. While motivations vary for specialists, it is fair and right that they get paid for additional services delivered based on the time invested. Ensuring fair remuneration also helps ensure that they pay attention to quality. It must also be reasonably easy for a specialist to reliably receive payment.
Enter the new smart mobile platforms, which are soon going to be ubiquitous. In not too many years, it won’t be possible to purchase a new mobile phone that isn’t a smartphone. India has the cheapest mobile services on the planet. 3G is already available across much of India; there will continue to be a ferocious price war to capitalise on the 3G and 4G spectrum purchased by the mobile carriers. This is all good news for consumers and health care providers. Why? Because, the combo of ubiquitous smartphones and 3G datacreates a massive low-cost platform for delivering health care services–the foundation of Telemedicine 3.0.
Mobile platforms are changing the game for diagnostics, creating opportunities for Telemedicine 3.0. Here’s the formula for the future of diagnostics by many specialists: Smartphones, tablets and laptops(bring your own) at health clinic. Connected non-invasive diagnostic devices capture diagnostic and patient info. Phones/tablets connect securely via 3G/4G data to cloud-based apps. Cloud services connect to a network of specialists using smartphones/tablets, ready to provide fast responses.
Here are some of the diagnostic services ready for disruptive growth:
Radiology: CT scans, X-rays, ultrasounds can be captured by a technician. The remote radiologists can then view these images along with other relevant patient data wherever they are on their smartphones, tablets or laptops and provide diagnosis. Numerous companies provide this technology today in developed markets, and numerous startups are looking to create low-cost versions of the same in India.
Dermatology: Eighty-five percent of skin issues can be fully diagnosed by a dermatologist with a photo taken by a smartphone. From the embarrassing STDs and acne to rashes that don’t go away and other skin issues, there is a huge efficiency to the consumer and the doctor in managing the interactions through a mobile platform.
Source：http://forbesindia.com/blog/health/the-smart-way-of-providing-affordable-health-care/
托福寫作素材摘抄：
As India’s masses increase in affluence and awareness, they are demanding access to better health care.
隨著印度大眾富裕和意識,他們要求獲得更好的醫(yī)療保健。
the supply of conventionally-delivered health care services：衛(wèi)生保健服務(wù)的供應(yīng)
keep up with the ever-increasing demand：跟上不斷增長的需求
address issues：解決問題
poorly-trained general practitioners ：缺乏訓(xùn)練的全科醫(yī)生
statistics for selected health care specialists：被選定的醫(yī)療保健專家的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)
is widely considered to：被廣泛認(rèn)為是
a shortage of specialists：缺少專家
primary care physicians ：初級保健醫(yī)生
suffered from such shortages ：遭受這樣的短缺
super-shortage of specialists.：專家的超級短缺
is no small task：是一個不小的任務(wù)
affordable to both urban and rural India：印度城鄉(xiāng)是可以負(fù)擔(dān)得起的
have a high willingness to pay for quality health care diagnostics：愿意支付高質(zhì)量醫(yī)療診斷
health care consumer awareness ：醫(yī)療保健消費(fèi)意識
from a trustworthy source：來自一個值得信賴的來源
all the quacks and healers ：所有江湖醫(yī)生和治療師
find genuine medical credentials：找到真正的醫(yī)療證書
board certified：委員會認(rèn)證
People lead busy lives：人生活都是很忙碌的。
end up waiting in a queue：結(jié)果需要排隊(duì)等候
cost of transport to a specialist facility：去一個專業(yè)設(shè)施的交通成本
lost income：損失的收入
an expensive investment：一個昂貴的投資
providing consultation：提供咨詢
make better use of their time ：更好地利用他們的時(shí)間
are between patients or in transit：患者之間或在運(yùn)輸途中
motivations vary for：動機(jī)不同
get paid for additional services delivered based on the time invested：基于付出的時(shí)間對提供的額外服務(wù)得到薪酬
Ensuring fair remuneration 確保公平的報(bào)酬
pay attention to quality：注意質(zhì)量
be reasonably easy for：是相當(dāng)容易
Enter the new smart mobile platforms：進(jìn)入新的智能移動平臺
going to be ubiquitous將會無處不在.
In not too many years, it won’t be possible to purchase a new mobile phone that isn’t a smartphone.
在不太多年,購買一個新的手機(jī)不是智能手機(jī)的概率會很小。
is already available across much of ：已經(jīng)在大部分地區(qū)實(shí)現(xiàn)
Capitalize on ：利用
creates a massive low-cost platform for delivering health care services：創(chuàng)建一個大規(guī)模低成本旨在提供醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)的平臺
changing the game for diagnostics： 改變診斷的游戲規(guī)則
creating opportunities for ：創(chuàng)造機(jī)會
Smartphones, tablets and laptops ：智能手機(jī)、平板電腦和筆記本電腦
capture diagnostic and patient info ：捕獲診斷和患者信息。
Connect ... to cloud-based apps：連接... 與基于云的應(yīng)用程序
ready to provide fast responses：準(zhǔn)備提供快速的響應(yīng)
CT scans, X-rays, ultrasounds ：CT掃描、x射線、超聲波
along with other relevant patient data ：以及其他相關(guān)的患者數(shù)據(jù)
smartphones, tablets or laptops 智能手機(jī)、平板電腦或筆記本電腦
provide diagnosis：提供診斷
provide this technology：提供這種技術(shù)
numerous startups：許多創(chuàng)業(yè)公司
skin issues ：皮膚問題
diagnosed by a dermatologist：由皮膚科醫(yī)生診斷
embarrassing STDs and acne to rashes ：尷尬的性病和痤瘡皮疹
here is a huge efficiency to the consumer：對消費(fèi)者來說很高效
managing the interactions through a mobile platform：通過移動平臺管理溝通
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