Technologies That Will Disrupt Healthcare in the Next 5 to 10 Years

I am so pleased to be participating in the Fred Alger Management “Think Further” program that, this year, is focusing on disruptive technologies that will impact healthcare in the next 5 to 10 years. What I particularly like about the projection into the near future is that it means that many of these technologies are already on the drawing board and innovators around the world are working diligently to build, test, and introduce them to the market in that relatively short time frame.

Technology is poised to shake up just about every aspect of healthcare from diagnosis to care delivery, from payment to purchase, from care providers to caregivers and, most importantly, care consumers. Within the next 5 to 10 years, we can expect significant improvements in consumer experience, cost of care, and health of populations (the Triple Aim) as a result.

Disruptive Healthcare Technologies

By category, here are the technologies that I think are most likely to revolutionize care:

1. Diagnosis

Traditional blood tests will be replaced with bloodless technologies, a particularly welcome advance for needle-phobes and folks who have to have frequent blood tests, such as diabetics.