Next Generation Healthcare

I am often asked, "What types of new IT products and services are going to be developed to meet the emerging needs of healthcare consumers, payors and providers?"

The short answer is...much simpler than what we have today. The long answer..well, that could take years, scientists, experts, and ridiculous pontificators like myself...but , here goes,

1. New telecommunications including broader use of satellites for a more robust, faster , real time communication.
2. Standardization of data , data query , and data sharing
3. Interoperability and work flow tools to enable real time seamless interface between payor, provider and consumer.
4. Imaging improvements with miniaturization of file burdens including adaptations and modifications of DICOM, non DICOM, pdf healthcare
5. Financial cross platform security protocols, shared risk programs, patient centric usability and information management solutions.
6. tools that take transparency to ROI for patients.
7. tools that take transparency to ROI for providers and payors.
8. Technology that assists with workflow mangement solutions
9. Proactive preventive healthcare solutions that transfer to consumer and provider ROI
10. Integration of standards, P4P, workflow and information management into real time processes.