Healthcare In The Age Of Personalization

As an industry, healthcare has a head start in this era of personalization. Leaders have had to consider how to combine the efficiencies and quality of standardization (we all get the same flu shot) with the understanding that every person is different and health is affected by many factors:

• On the clinical side – advancements in genomics and precision medicine make personalized treatment and prevention possible, while the move toward value-based care shifts incentives toward finding a standardized way to provide personalized care.
• On the non-clinical side – for years healthcare leaders have been considering how people are affected by social determinants of health, things like access to housing, food and transportation. Within their own organizations, leaders grapple with how to create a diverse talent pipeline for both clinical and non-clinical roles.

As our population gets more and more diverse, keeping people healthy will increasingly depend on how well healthcare systems understand and address diverse populations. Yet, as noted above, diverse populations are not homogeneous – we are all individuals.

The full Forbes article can be viewed at this link.