{"title":"Current and Future Respiratory Medicine Challenges: Insights from a Barcelona Respiratory Network Foundation Retreat in Barcelona in 2017","authors":"J. Dorca, A. Agustí, E. Monso","doi":"10.23866/brnrev:2018-0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"On a global level, respiratory diseases impose a major worldwide health burden affecting millions of people. Respiratory diseases are not only very common but present a great challenge to human health and a productive economy. Prevention, control and cure of these conditions are among the most cost-effective interventions to be taken within a healthcare system and must be a priority for researchers as well as for health authorities. Today, many novel technologies can potentially improve the diagnosis and control of numerous diseases, and the present challenge is how they can be quickly developed and implemented. This review summarises the main conclusions of a Barcelona Respiratory Network (BRN) Foundation Retreat held last year in Barcelona. The debate was structured around four distinct sections: 1) trends that impact current society; 2) foreseeable changes in the field of respiratory health; 3) challenges for the future of healthcare systems; and, 4) future biomedical research trends in respiratory medicine. (BRN Rev. 2018;4(3):214-27) Corresponding author: Dr. Jordi Dorca, jodorca@bellvitgehospital.cat","PeriodicalId":87223,"journal":{"name":"Barcelona respiratory network reviews","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Barcelona respiratory network reviews","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.23866/brnrev:2018-0002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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On a global level, respiratory diseases impose a major worldwide health burden affecting millions of people. Respiratory diseases are not only very common but present a great challenge to human health and a productive economy. Prevention, control and cure of these conditions are among the most cost-effective interventions to be taken within a healthcare system and must be a priority for researchers as well as for health authorities. Today, many novel technologies can potentially improve the diagnosis and control of numerous diseases, and the present challenge is how they can be quickly developed and implemented. This review summarises the main conclusions of a Barcelona Respiratory Network (BRN) Foundation Retreat held last year in Barcelona. The debate was structured around four distinct sections: 1) trends that impact current society; 2) foreseeable changes in the field of respiratory health; 3) challenges for the future of healthcare systems; and, 4) future biomedical research trends in respiratory medicine. (BRN Rev. 2018;4(3):214-27) Corresponding author: Dr. Jordi Dorca, jodorca@bellvitgehospital.cat