Healthcare Predictions 2022

The key challenge that will embroil healthcare organizations in 2022 is preservation — of balance sheets strained by delayed procedures and hospital closures, of a workforce dealing with massive flight, and of public trust actively eroded by malevolent actors and misinformation.

Healthcare leaders must tackle these challenges head-on to provide equitable, culturally competent care. Evolving care modalities and preferences, like hospital-at-home and virtual mental health, will permanently alter how and when patients receive care. This webinar explores Forrester’s predictions for healthcare in 2022.

Key takeaways:

• Shortcomings in healthcare and infrastructure will disproportionally affect rural US communities.
• Healthcare delivery will increasingly shift to in-home care for acute conditions and virtual care for mental health.
• Workforce shortcomings have a greater patient impact as the medication error incidence rate spikes.
• Healthcare institutions will be displaced from their ‘trusted’ standing due to misinformation, data integrity concerns, and a politization of science.

Target audience level: beginner and intermediate