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The Future of Healthcare

January 23rd, 2008

by Tony Chen

Go check out this great post on the World Health Care Blog for a good wrap-up of what Deloitte, Brailer, PWC, Forrester, et al are saying about healthcare in 2008.

To summarize, here are 8 things that will increase in '08: IT investments, MDs using the internet, telemedicine, healthcare costs, employers not providing healthcare, individual health insurance, retail clinics, and hospital/physician tension. Are we having fun yet?

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Comment from: Scott Diering [Visitor] · http://www.LoveYourPatients.org
While these eight events may happen in 2008, suppose there is a significant financial downturn in our economy? And suppose that cost cutting in this recession means cutting employer sponsored insurance, vastly increasing the numbers of uninsured? What will happen to the bulk of hospitals that depend on privately insured patients?
A major economic downturn will cause our bloated healthcare system to implode on itself. We will see hospitals that have invested in expensive procedure and testing units shut their doors, doctors leaving the field in even larger numbers, and massive consolidation.
It is coming. Maybe not in 2008, but soon.
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Comment from: Dr. Saba [Visitor] · http://onlineconsultation.com

The post is right on. There will be a day when doctors who don't provide online medical advice to their patients will be considered outdated.
Permalink 07/01/08 @ 22:37

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