NEJM March 3, 2021
Eyal Zimlichman, MD, MSc, Wendy Nicklin, BN, MSc(A), ICDD, Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, FRCS, FACS & David W. Bates, MD, MSc

The next decade will see major shifts in the design of health systems and health care, propelled by digital health, growing consumerism, mounting financial constraints, and accelerated by Covid-19.

Summary

The problems in our health care systems include subpar quality and patient safety, a misplaced focus on acute care rather than on prevention and population health, inadequate person centeredness, and unsustainable cost. The next decade will see considerable transformation in how health systems are designed, propelled by opportunities such as digital health, growing consumerism, and mounting financial constraints. The Covid-19 pandemic has also necessitated and accelerated significant transformations. The authors discuss gaps and barriers in the current design of health and health systems, and the needed escalation of transformation including...

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