Health politics session underway
In the Health Politics session with Mike Magee, MD. He’s talking about where healthcare is heading. First, a look at megatrends impacting healthcare:
1. Aging – Moving from a 3 generation family to a 4-5 generation family. It will be more and more complex to hold families together; impacts elder and pediatric care. Emergence of an informal caregiver population – mostly women aged 45-65.
2. Health Consumer Movement
3. Changes in Caregiver Relationships – moving from paternalistic approaches to partnership approaches; defined by early trust to prevent later. Unfortunately the current system only rewards the paternalistic approach.
4. Internet – Lends a voice to people; removes boundaries for practice; destabilized market that affects pricing
5. Emergence of new sectors – technology, finance and entertainment.
Check out his web site.
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