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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

Let’s take a walk with “Quincy” through each of the four worlds to see how their health care experience might play out across the key driving forces. Retail Health for All, starring The Consumer Social ethos – community-driven HC financing – private-sector/commercial U.S.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Emergency departments and urgent cares are over capacity nationwide, and patients often wait weeks to see their primary care physician. Instead, we anticipate a more mix and match, custom approach to EHRs. The crisis is touching every area of healthcare and requiring ultra-marathon level heroics from HC workers.

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Patient/caregiver letter supporting proposed ONC rule on improving flow of our data

Society for Participatory Medicine

Grace is also the primary care-partner to 2 disabled adults and needs real-time access to all medical records for her mother, who is a breast cancer survivor, and her youngest brother, who is learning disabled and has hearing loss, to coordinate their intricate care, as well as to maintain Social Security and disability benefits.