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

Society for Participatory Medicine

Becoming a patient is not something we asked for or chose; yet we try to find ways to make the best of the situation and hopefully improve our care, lower our cost, and help those trying to care for us. To do this we must be involved in our health data if we want, as our stories below will make clear. . Unconscionable.

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Can AI Make Healthcare Human Again? Dr. Topol Says “Yes”

Health Populi

Addressing biased data sets and algorithms must be part of a new deal on health citizenship for Americans, who must also be in control of their personal health data and have a right to quality health care without regard to what state they live in, or whether they’re urban or rural communities.

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