Ukuhlolwa kokuxilonga ekhaya: Izinsiza zokuzixilonga zokuhlola izifo

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• Igama lomlobi

  I-Quantumrun Foresight
• January 17, 2023

Izinkampani zobuchwepheshe bezokwelapha (i-MedTech) zikhipha izinsiza zokuzihlolela izifo eziningana ngemva kokubona ukwanda kwamakhasimende ekuzimiseleni ukuzisebenzisa. Ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lubonise ukuthi izinsizakalo ezibalulekile ezifana nokunakekelwa kwezempilo zingaphazanyiswa noma nini, futhi kunesidingo samathuluzi anika amandla ukuxilonga ukude.

Umongo wokuhlolwa kokuxilonga ekhaya

Ukuhlolwa kokuxilonga ekhaya kwenziwa kusetshenziswa izinsiza ezitholakala ekhawuntareni ezithi zibheka izimpawu zezifo ezithile ngaphandle kwesidingo sokuya emtholampilo noma esibhedlela. Lawa makhithi aduma ngesikhathi sobhubhane olwabona umhlaba uvaliwe, okwenza kube nesidingo sokuhlolwa kwe-COVID okungenzeka kwenziwe ekhaya. Ekuqaleni kwalolu bhubhane, inkampani yekhithi yokuhlola impilo i-LetsGetChecked ibike ukuthi isidingo semikhiqizo yabo sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-880 ngo-2020. 

Ngasikhathi sinye, amacala e-Hepatitis-C abone isipike njengoba inkinga ye-opioid iba yimbi kakhulu, futhi imiyalo yokuhlala ekhaya isho ukuthi abantu abambalwa ababeka izimpawu ezibalulekile ngaphandle kwalezo ze-COVID. Kanti abanye basala bemanqikanqika ukuvakashela ezibhedlela ngoba besaba ukutheleleka. Ngenxa yalokhu, inkampani ehlola izifo ezinze eCalifornia i-Cepheid yakhela izivivinyo ezimbalwa ze-COVID nemishini emincane yokuzisebenzisa. 

Njengoba abantu beqala ukuthembela ezintweni ezinjalo, isidingo sokuhlolwa kokuntuleka kwamavithamini, isifo seLyme, amazinga e-cholesterol, nama-STD (izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi) sakhula. Amabhizinisi aqala ukubhekana negebe emakethe, futhi izivivinyo ezimbalwa zatholakala ukuze zihlangabezane nesidingo esikhulayo. Imboni yokuxilonga ekhaya kuze kubikezelwe ukuthi izokhula ifinyelele ku-$2 billion ngo-2025, ngokusho kwelabhorethri yasemtholampilo i-Quest Diagnostics. Kodwa-ke, abacwaningi baxwayisa ngokusekela izinqumo zezempilo kumathuluzi anjalo njengoba amaningi awo, njengalawo ahlolela izinkinga zenkumbulo ezihlobene ne-Alzheimer, anezinsolo zokuvelela kakhulu ukuba zibe yiqiniso. 

Umthelela ophazamisayo 

Uma kubhekwa isidingo esikhulayo, amabhizinisi e-MedTech angalindelwa ukuthi akhulise ukutshalwa kwezimali ukuze akhe izinsiza zokuxilonga ezilula. Umncintiswano cishe uzoholela emikhiqizweni engabizi kakhulu nenembile etholakala emphakathini. Futhi ngenani elandayo labantu ababa nesifo sikashukela kanye nomfutho wegazi ophakeme emhlabeni wonke, lawa makhithi azoba indlela yokuqala yokuzihlola, ikakhulukazi kulabo abangakwazi ukukhokhela ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha. 

Ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba amanye amazwe esadinga ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID kubagibeli abangagonyiwe, isidingo sezinsiza zokuxilonga lesi sifo sizoqhubeka nokukhula. Ohulumeni, ikakhulukazi, bazohlala bengamakhasimende ayinhloko okuhlolwa kwe-COVID ekhaya njengoba beqhubeka nokuqapha inani labantu abahlukahlukene. Kuzokwenzeka okufanayo ngezifo eziwubhadane nezifo eziwubhadane ezizayo, lapho iminyango yezempilo kazwelonke izothumela izigidi zokuhlolwa kokuxilongwa kwe-DIY. Ehlanganiswe nezinhlelo zokusebenza kanye namanye amadivayisi e-inthanethi Yezinto (IoT), lawa makhithi angasiza amazwe alandelele ngokunembile izindawo ezinobhubhane futhi anikeze izixazululo ezisebenza kahle kakhulu.

Ezinye izinkampani, njenge-Quest Diagnostics, zibambisene nabathengisi abakhulu njenge-Walmart ukuze bandise iminikelo yabo. Lokhu kubambisana kuzoholela ekutheni abathengi babe nezivivinyo ezingaphezu kuka-50 abangakhetha kuzo. Kodwa-ke, kungase kube nokuthambekela okukhathazayo kokuthi abantu bathembele ngokweqile kulawa makhithi esikhundleni sokuya emitholampilo ukuze bayofuna iziqinisekiso noma izincwadi ezifanele. Abanye bangase baqale ukuzelapha ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yokuhlolwa, okungaholela ezimweni zempilo eziba zimbi. Kubalulekile ukuthi abalawuli bagcizelele ukuthi lokhu kuhlola akukona ukumiselela odokotela. Hhayi okwamanje, noma kunjalo.

Imithelela yamakhithi okuxilonga ekhaya

Imithelela ebanzi yokuxilongwa kwasekhaya ingase ihlanganise:

• Ukwanda kokutholakala kokuxilongwa ezindaweni ezikude ezingenakho ukufinyelela ngokushesha kubahlinzeki bezempilo. Lokhu kutholakala kungasiza ekunciphiseni ukuvakashela emtholampilo noma esibhedlela okungadingekile isikhathi eside.
• Ohulumeni abambisene nezinkampani zokuxilonga ukuze bakhe izivivinyo zasekhaya ezinembe kakhudlwana futhi ezinokwethenjelwa ukusiza ukonga izindleko ezinhlelweni zezempilo zikazwelonke.
• Izinqubo ezilula emitholampilo lapho abantu benikezwa khona ngokushesha kudokotela ofanele ngokusekelwe emiphumeleni yokuxilongwa okukude.
• Ukusetshenziswa okwandayo kwezinhlelo zokusebenza, izinzwa, nezinto ezigqokekayo ukulandelela ukuqhubeka kweziguli ezikude.
• Ukwanda kwezehlakalo zabantu abasebenzisa imithi ngendlela engafanele ngenxa yemiphumela yokuhlolwa engalungile, okuholela ekufeni noma ekuphuzeni ngokweqile.

Imibuzo ongaphawula ngayo

• Uma uke wazama noma yimaphi amakhithi okuxilonga ekhaya, ayethembeke kangakanani?
• Yiziphi ezinye izinzuzo ezingaba khona zokuhlolwa okunembile kokuxilonga ekhaya?