South Africa
Nigeria
Kenya
Kenya
South Africa
Nigeria
Fully launching 24 digital health tools could enable the realization of healthcare expenditure efficiency gains in Kenya.
Share of total savings from digital adoption in Kenya, 2030, %
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Paperless data
AI virtual assistant
EHR/HIE
E-prescribing
Staff communication software
Live audio or video consultations
Remote monitoring
E-triage
Virtual interactions
Decision intelligence systems
Analytics for payers
Clinical-decision support
Genetic testing and analysis
Patient flow management
Performance dashboards
Patient self-care
Digital diagnostics
Patient support networks
Disease-prevention tools
VR for pain management
CDM
E-booking
Patient self-service
Workflow automation
BCMA
E-referral
Nurse mobile connectivity
RFID
Vital parameter tracking (eICU)
Hospital logistics robotics (RAGV)
Share of total savings from digital adoption in Nigeria, 2030, %
Fully launching 24 digital health tools could enable the realization of healthcare expenditure efficiency gains in Nigeria.
Share of total savings from digital adoption in South Africa, 2030, %
Fully launching 24 digital health tools could enable the realization of healthcare expenditure efficiency gains in South Africa.
2.1
0.4
2.0
1.6
23.7
27.4
1.3
0.6
32.6
15.4
6.4
10.5
3.2
1.3
0.4
2.9
8.4
0.0
0.3
2.0
0.0
3.9
2.1
2.5
1.2
0.8
3.6
2.4
3.4
5.5
5.2
1.0
0.6
0.2
3.0
4.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.9
2.8
4.4
1.7
0.4
2.4
1.8
1.5
1.8
Electronic health record (EHR)/health information exchange (HIE)
An electronic record of patient data that replaces handwritten records
Conservative scenario
Optimistic scenario
23.7%
27.4%
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
93.92
681.67
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.1%
8.34
10.71
0.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps health professionals document patient notes through artificial intelligence–based text-speech functionality and voice recognition, helps predict and manage patient workflow, and helps manage charts
AI virtual assistant
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.0%
7.87
32.74
1.3%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Software that allows clinicians to issue prescriptions that go directly to a pharmacy without any additional documents and are linked to patient IDs
E-prescribing
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.6%
6.33
15.51
0.6%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
A technological solution that allows health professionals to communicate virtually between wards and clinics
Intrahospital staff communication software
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Total efficiency gains, $ millions
15.4%
60.91
808.80
32.6%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allows patients to visit with clinicians online
Live audio/video consultations (telemedicine)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.3%
5.09
14.53
0.6%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps doctors make differential diagnoses and generate potential management plans (includes AI imaging interpretation)
Clinical decision support
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.2%
12.56
24.82
1.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Machine-learning solutions that allow payers to evaluate value-based care, overstaying at hospitals, and so on
Analytics for payers
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
10.5%
41.74
129.41
5.2%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
A web-based algorithm that patients use to self-triage
E-triage (web/algorithm-based risk assessment)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
6.4%
25.29
137.09
5.5%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Monitors patient vitals and other parameters remotely and flags any emergencies back to clinicians
Remote monitoring
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.0%
0.01
0.05
0.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps lessen opioid use
Virtual reality (VR) for pain management
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.4%
1.68
5.28
0.2%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Genomic analysis of patients that can allow for better dosage determinations, thus reducing side effects and hospitalizations
Genetic testing and analysis
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.0%
7.99
22.08
0.9%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Decrease risk factors by promoting weight management, smoking cessation, and other measures
Disease-prevention tools
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.3%
1.18
4.13
0.2%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allow patients with the same condition to connect with one another online
Patient support networks
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.0%
0.07
.99
0.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Diagnoses patients outside of clinical facilities, including in their homes
Digital diagnostics
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.9%
11.58
74.49
3.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Manages the flow and transfer of patients from ward to ward to optimize length of stay and use of beds
Patient flow management
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
8.4%
33.12
102.29
4.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Monitor clinical efficiency to identify underutilized areas, find unused beds, and track lengths of stay against benchmarks
Performance dashboards
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.4%
13.58
45.68
1.8%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Manages logistical work traditionally done by nonclinical staff, such as deliveries and filing
Hospital logistics robotics (robotic automated guided vehicles)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.4%
9.41
37.18
1.5%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care
Vital parameter tracking (electronic intensive care unit)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.6%
14.45
45.66
1.8%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps lessen opioid use
Radio-frequency identification (RFID)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.8%
3.00
58.64
2.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Optimizes the way nurses manage both inpatients and outpatients, reducing referrals, unnecessary consults, and other inefficiencies
Nurse mobile connectivity
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.2%
4.76
9.41
0.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Enables the seamless transfer of patient information to another clinician or hospital
E-referral
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.5%
9.86
43.22
1.7%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Controls medication inventory and helps prevent medical errors and other adverse events
Bar-coding medication administration
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.1%
8.18
110.08
4.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allows patients to book medical visits online
E-booking
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.9%
15.44
70.15
2.8%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Chronic-disease management applications that facilitate prescription adherence, pill management and patient education programs, for example for mental health, diabetes, respiratory diseases or cardiovascular diseases
Chronic-disease management tools
1.1
1.5
1.9
9.6
0.4
1.6
6.9
4.1
0.1
1.3
0.4
0.0
4.1
3.0
0.2
1.7
1.0
7.9
5.5
22.0
0.4
1.4
23.0
1.0
1.6
1.9
3.1
10.2
1.1
1.8
2.9
4.8
0.1
2.5
0.6
0.0
6.8
2.4
0.3
2.6
2.6
13.5
5.2
8.5
0.8
1.7
21.1
3.7
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.6%
11.0
35.6
1.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Manages logistical work traditionally done by nonclinical staff, such as deliveries and filing
Hospital logistics robotics (robotic automated guided vehicles)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.9%
12.9
49.0
1.5%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care
Vital parameter tracking (electronic intensive care unit)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.1%
20.7
63.0
1.9%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps lessen opioid use
Radio-frequency identification (RFID)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
10.2%
68.5
320.4
9.6%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Optimizes the way nurses manage both inpatients and outpatients, reducing referrals, unnecessary consults, and other inefficiencies
Nurse mobile connectivity
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.1%
7.3
13.8
0.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Enables the seamless transfer of patient information to another clinician or hospital
E-referral
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.8%
12.3
54.6
1.6%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Controls medication inventory and helps prevent medical errors and other adverse events
Bar-coding medication administration
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.9%
19.2
228.3
6.9%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allows patients to book medical visits online
E-booking
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
4.8%
32.0
134.5
4.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Chronic-disease management applications that facilitate prescription adherence, pill management and patient education programs, for example for mental health, diabetes, respiratory diseases or cardiovascular diseases
Chronic-disease management tools
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.1%
0.7
2.0
0.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps lessen opioid use
Virtual reality (VR) for pain management
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.5%
16.6
44.8
1.3%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Decrease risk factors by promoting weight management, smoking cessation, and other measures
Disease-prevention tools
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.6%
3.8
13.3
0.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allow patients with the same condition to connect with one another online
Patient support networks
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.0%
0.1
0.9
0.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Diagnoses patients outside of clinical facilities, including in their homes
Digital diagnostics
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
6.8%
45.5
135.1
4.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Monitor clinical efficiency to identify underutilized areas, find unused beds, and track lengths of stay against benchmarks
Performance dashboards
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.4%
16.1
99.5
3.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Manages the flow and transfer of patients from ward to ward to optimize length of stay and use of beds
Patient flow management
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.3%
2.3
7.0
0.2%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Genomic analysis of patients that can allow for better dosage determinations, thus reducing side effects and hospitalizations
Genetic testing and analysis
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.6%
17.6
56.9
1.7%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps doctors make differential diagnoses and generate potential management plans (includes AI imaging interpretation)
Clinical decision support
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.6%
17.2
32.7
1.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Machine-learning solutions that allow payers to evaluate value-based care, overstaying at hospitals, and so on
Analytics for payers
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
13.5%
90.4
261.3
7.9%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
A web-based algorithm that patients use to self-triage
E-triage (web/algorithm-based risk assessment)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
5.2%
34.7
182.2
5.5%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Monitors patient vitals and other parameters remotely and flags any emergencies back to clinicians
Remote monitoring
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
8.5%
56.8
729.6
22.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allows patients to visit with clinicians online
Live audio/video consultations (telemedicine)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.8%
5.6
13.2
0.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
A technological solution that allows health professionals to communicate virtually between wards and clinics
Intrahospital staff communication software
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.7%
11.6
47.3
1.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Software that allows clinicians to issue prescriptions that go directly to a pharmacy without any additional documents and are linked to patient IDs
E-prescribing
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
21.1%
141.6
762.4
23.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
An electronic record of patient data that replaces handwritten records
Electronic health record (EHR)/health information exchange (HIE)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.7%
24.9
33.2
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps health professionals document patient notes through artificial intelligence–based text-speech functionality and voice recognition, helps predict and manage patient workflow, and helps manage charts
AI virtual assistant
2.0
1.8
2.2
2.0
0.4
2.1
4.1
3.4
0.0
0.8
0.3
0.0
2.7
5.9
0.3
1.8
1.2
6.1
6.6
26.3
0.7
1.5
27.4
0.5
3.0
2.3
3.4
0.3
1.1
2.3
1.8
4.8
0.0
1.5
0.4
0.0
5.1
5.6
0.4
2.4
3.0
18.0
6.0
14.9
1.3
1.8
18.7
1.9
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.0%
57.4
223.0
2.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Manages logistical work traditionally done by nonclinical staff, such as deliveries and filing
Hospital logistics robotics (robotic automated guided vehicles)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.3%
43.4
197.9
1.8%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Remote monitoring of patients in intensive care
Vital parameter tracking (electronic intensive care unit)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.4%
65.1
237.3
2.2%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps lessen opioid use
Radio-frequency identification (RFID)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.3%
6.5
221.2
2.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Optimizes the way nurses manage both inpatients and outpatients, reducing referrals, unnecessary consults, and other inefficiencies
Nurse mobile connectivity
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.1%
21.3
48.6
0.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Enables the seamless transfer of patient information to another clinician or hospital
E-referral
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.3%
44.4
227.7
2.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Controls medication inventory and helps prevent medical errors and other adverse events
Bar-coding medication administration
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.8%
33.9
452.3
4.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allows patients to book medical visits online
E-booking
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
4.8%
91.6
377.7
3.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Chronic-disease management applications that facilitate prescription adherence, pill management and patient education programs, for example for mental health, diabetes, respiratory diseases or cardiovascular diseases
Chronic-disease management tools
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.0%
0.3
1.0
0.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps lessen opioid use
Virtual reality (VR) for pain management
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.5%
28.2
90.2
0.8%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Decrease risk factors by promoting weight management, smoking cessation, and other measures
Disease-prevention tools
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.4%
7.8
27.5
0.3%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allow patients with the same condition to connect with one another online
Patient support networks
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.0%
0.3
3.9
0.0%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Diagnoses patients outside of clinical facilities, including in their homes
Digital diagnostics
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
5.1%
98.2
296.1
2.7%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Monitor clinical efficiency to identify underutilized areas, find unused beds, and track lengths of stay against benchmarks
Performance dashboards
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
5.6%
107.5
642.3
5.9%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Manages the flow and transfer of patients from ward to ward to optimize length of stay and use of beds
Patient flow management
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
0.4%
7.7
28.1
0.3%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Genomic analysis of patients that can allow for better dosage determinations, thus reducing side effects and hospitalizations
Genetic testing and analysis
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
2.4%
47.1
197.7
1.8%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps doctors make differential diagnoses and generate potential management plans (includes AI imaging interpretation)
Clinical decision support
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
3.0%
57.9
132.1
1.2%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Machine-learning solutions that allow payers to evaluate value-based care, overstaying at hospitals, and so on
Analytics for payers
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
18.0%
347.0
662.8
6.1%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
A web-based algorithm that patients use to self-triage
E-triage (web/algorithm-based risk assessment)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
6.0%
116.2
719.1
6.6%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Monitors patient vitals and other parameters remotely and flags any emergencies back to clinicians
Remote monitoring
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
14.9%
286.7
2877.2
26.3%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Allows patients to visit with clinicians online
Live audio/video consultations (telemedicine)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.3%
25.7
72.8
0.7%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
A technological solution that allows health professionals to communicate virtually between wards and clinics
Intrahospital staff communication software
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.8%
35.4
168.6
1.5%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Software that allows clinicians to issue prescriptions that go directly to a pharmacy without any additional documents and are linked to patient IDs
E-prescribing
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
18.7%
360.3
2999.6
27.4%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
An electronic record of patient data that replaces handwritten records
Electronic health record (EHR)/health information exchange (HIE)
Total efficiency gains, $ millions
1.9%
37.5
49.6
0.5%
Optimistic scenario
Conservative scenario
Helps health professionals document patient notes through artificial intelligence–based text-speech functionality and voice recognition, helps predict and manage patient workflow, and helps manage charts
AI virtual assistant
1.0%
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