Health Care

The healthcare model of tomorrow is envisioned to be an open healthcare ecosystem. Known as the Health Hub, it is consumer-centric and provides support for long-term, chronic disease treatment seamlessly from across three pillars - Human, Home and Hospital - and beyond.

The basic structure of US medical education has hardly changed in the past 100 years. Yet in the 21st century, doctors must navigate a dizzying array of high technology, new regulations, and shifting patient expectations. How can medical schools better prepare the physician of tomorrow?

Advanced analytics using non-medical data may hold the key to a more nuanced understanding of high-risk patient populations, enabling providers and plans to craft targeted interventions that improve care quality while controlling costs.

By making measurements and analysis automatic, IoT applications promise to help improve and personalize care—and create new value for industry players.