COVID-19 has shifted everyones opinions on whats going to happen in the future. Included here is the view from another perspective, the patient. In fact, in many cases, the smarter and more savvy patient. What I want you to do is take a look at some of the new predictions and new innovations discussed in the readings on where Healthcare is heading and tell me what you think will happen. Don’t forget to factor in other influences, politically, which at the time of this writing is hanging in the balance.
References
Marshall, A. (May25, 2018). Why your health insurers do not care about your big bills. Propublica. Retrieved from https://www.propublica.org/article/why-your-health-insurer-does-not-care-about-your-big-bills (Links to an external site.)
Ramney. M., Griffeth, V.,and Jha, A. (April 30, 2020). Critical Supply Shortages The Need for Ventilators, and Personal Protective Equipment during Convd-19 pandemic. New England Journal of Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2006141 (Links to an external site.)
Eapen, Z., Jain. S. (Feb 7, 2017). Redesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2017/02/redesigning-care-for-high-cost-high-risk-patients (Links to an external site.)