The central problem in provision of Emergency medical services (EMS) is different in developed and the developing world. Provision cost is the issue in developing countries Proponents have for years predicted widespread use of EMS to improve medical services in Africa where there few hospitals, poor infrastructure and a rural population.
What however few have recognized was that regulations and willingness of stake holders to foster its development. What even fewer have seen is that we must encourage high entry competition for cheaper but high value services to fulfill these. It is clear that in most developing countries a good percentage of EMS will continue to come from high end providers and not reach the poor and most deserving (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2006).
Innovations often occur where the need for change is greatest. Technology promises to bridge the gap .that we are at the point were we are looking forward to 2023 and the success of mobile phone applications (Apps) is getting its way into EMS. There life saving applications that have been developed. In Kenya ‘m-health’ a mobile application app is bridging this. Technology will be become the most dominant player. It will stay put and engaged, ambulances fitted with IPADS relying information in real time to Doctors waiting in emergency rooms. In conclusion, by 2023 there will be less expensive EMS and well over half of the world’s population accessing it. With the vast majority increase of these in developing countries (American Red Cross, 2013).
References
American Red Cross. (2013). More Americans using mobile applications in emergency. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org/news/press-release/
