CES 2020: Panel Discusses Health Care In 2040 – Empowered Consumer, Digital Transformation, Data Sharing, Open Source

28 Jan 2020

An expert panel at CES 2020 discussed Deloitte's vision for health care in 2040, with the empowered consumer managing their own health, enabled by a new ecosystem of secure, open access to data and "nudges" to change behaviors. Consulting firm Deloitte foresees outside disruptors dismantling the traditional health-care system, but panelists from Johnson & Johnson and Anthem flexed their muscles.

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By 2040, the health-care industry will see a major transformation, where consumers enabled by digital technologies, including wearables and "always-on" sensors, will be able to manage their own health, identify health risks early and prevent chronic disease, according to Neal Batra, a principal in Deloitte's Life Sciences and Health Care practice.

"We believe that health is going to move away from a clinician-driven industry and business to a consumer-driven industry," Batra...