AUTHOR=Deml Michael J. , Jungo Katharina Tabea , Maessen Maud , Martani Andrea , Ulyte Agne 

TITLE=Megatrends in Healthcare: Review for the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) “Smarter Health Care”

JOURNAL=Public Health Reviews

VOLUME=Volume 43 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/public-health-reviews/articles/10.3389/phrs.2022.1604434

DOI=10.3389/phrs.2022.1604434

ISSN=2107-6952

ABSTRACT=Objectives: In this paper, we present a review of some relevant megatrends in healthcare that was commissioned by the Swiss National Science Foundation’s National Research Programme 74 (NRP74) ‘Smarter Health Care’.

Methods: Our team – a multidisciplinary panel of researchers involved in the NRP74 – went through an iterative process of internal consultations followed by a rapid literature review with the goal of reaching group consensus concerning the most relevant megatrends for the future development of the Swiss health care system.

Results: Five such megatrends were identified and additionally described within the context of COVID-19 pandemic:
●	Socio-demographic shifts
●	Broadening meaning of "health"
●	Empowered patients and service users 
●	Digitalization in healthcare
●	Emergence of new models of care 

Conclusions: With respect to healthcare, megatrends are important – amongst other things –to understand and contextualise the relevance and implications of innovative health services research results.