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BOOK: JOE PUBLIC 2030
Predict-O-Meter
Joe Public 2030 makes five bold predictions about the future, which range from exciting and promising to ominous and discouraging. Through the Predict-O-Meter, we’ll continuously assess the state of the healthcare industry to track the accuracy of the five predictions.
Five Potent Predictions Reshaping How Consumers Engage Healthcare
FALL 2023 UPDATE
What influenced our latest rating?
More movement on home health. More movement on monitoring. And much, much, much more movement on AI. All three of these are significant forces in moving consumers to the center of their health universe. But while AI is likely having the least impact today, it holds the most potential for future patients, and the potential for the most disruption in the healthcare sector.
Relevant News
- Researchers are developing injectable “smart tattoos” that could someday monitor your health – CNN, July 26, 2023
- Apple’s Investment in Healthcare – The Prof G Pod
- Best Buy Health shows first signs of success with Geek Squad helping at-home patients – Star Tribune, September 13, 2023
- How the shake-up at Open AI underscores the need for AI standards in healthcare – STAT, November 21, 2023
ORIGINAL PREDICTION
Consumers will become the center of their own health universe more than ever before, enabled by sensors, AI, and other technology, as well as services geared toward empowering them, leading to profound implications for both consumers and healthcare organizations. Potential results could include a dramatic reduction in the need for primary care clinicians, an entirely new sector devoted to personal health management, true precision medicine combined with health management, and more.