Newsletter #2: Did the Jetsons properly predict the future of healthcare?

I think about the future of healthcare a lot. It's impossible not to if you're in this space. 

I'm talking far into the future. 

Why?

Because big changes in healthcare move as slow as molasses. Or at least they seem to.

But consider this: The Jetsons was a show released in 1962, depicting life 100 years in the future. This means that we're still about 40 years away from catching up to the Jetson's timeline. 

There are a lot of things from the show that are still not a reality. We don't all have flying cars yet, but we do have telemedicine experiences that are pretty close to the one represented in the show.

There are two takeaways that I have from the Jetson's depiction of healthcare in the year 2062. 

1. Maybe healthcare is moving faster than we give it credit for.

If this is what we thought was futuristic medicine in the year 2062, then I am happy to report that we are ahead of schedule, friends! 

2. Healthcare is human. 

Notice that the Jetson family had robots, flying cars, and often travelled by tube, but their doctor was still human. 

To me, this says a lot about what healthcare of the future really looks like: leveraging technology to make healthcare even more human.

It may sound counterintuitive, but think about the ways that technology can free up clinical time for more face to face time with patients. Or how we use technology to get more real time feedback on our questions or conditions.

This concept is in my brain as I do my work every day, and I'd love to hear if you feel the same. What are the little ways that you see healthcare becoming even more human in your day to day?