The Doctor Will See You Now…At Home? The AMA Launches a Health at Home Framework
An aging U.S. population with a preference for growing older at home — and a fiscally challenging health care financing outlook — are setting the demographic and financial table for the shift of medical care to peoples’ homes discussed in The State of Health at Home Models: Key Considerations and Opportunities, published by the American Medical Association (AMA). Note that this framework has been developed by the AMA, the largest professional organization of doctors. While moving health care to the home will involve quite different workflows and disruptions to current general medical practice, it
“Your care, your way:” Learning from the Philips Future Health Index 2023
Consider the key drivers of supply and demand in health care, globally, right now: On the medical delivery supply side, the shortage of staff is a limiting factor to continuing to deliver care based on the usual work-flows and payment models. On the demand side, patients are taking on more demanding roles as consumers with high expectations for service, convenience, and safe care delivered closer to home — or at home. This dynamic informs The Future Health Index 2023 report from Philips, launched this week at HIMSS 2023. This is the eighth annual global FHI report, with detailed country-specific analyses to
The ROI on Feeling Cared-For At Work – Employer Trust, Love, and Building the Joyconomy
“Can employers afford not to care?” MetLife’s 21st annual U.S. Employee Benefit Trends Study asks and answers that question, with a resounding and evidence-based “NO.” I’m in Salt Lake City today discussing the drivers of health, “yesterday, today, and tomorrow” at the Virgin Pulse Thrive Summit, celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the company. As you would expect from an organization that is part of Richard Branson’s business ecosystem, the meeting will be energetically produced, delivering insights wrapped in info-taining ways. One of those features will be my being invited to create a
I'm looking forward to brainstorming digital health and AI at the annual Cain Brothers private company healthcare conference in New York City.
Can't wait for 2024 CES to brainstorm and share perspectives on health consumers, digital health, and the new HomeCare and retail health closer-to-home. See you in January 2024 for a great start to the New Year....
Health tech is now mainstream at the annual CES (aka Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas #CES2024 and I'll be there collaborating with clients and innovators starting with the Media Days and into the conference and convention floor meeting up with the latest digital health goodness -- as well as smart home, smart cars, and, well, pretty much smart-everything that helps us make health at home.