Is the long-awaited seismic shift in health care finally here? A collision of forces—a global pandemic of historic proportions; exponential advances in medical science; an explosion of digital technologies, data access, and analytics; informed and empowered consumers; and a movement from disease care to prevention and well-being—proving to be the catalyst for the clinical, financial, and operational transformation that health care has long promised to the world.
2022 marks the second full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it continues to dominate health systems’ attention and resources:
Global COVID-19 cases have climbed above 270.9 million as of December 14, 2021, and the death toll has exceeded 5.31 million.1 Studies have shown that certain racial and ethnic minority groups and underserved and marginalized populations have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, shining a spotlight on the recalcitrant issues around health equity and health outcomes.2
