Conference Presentation, Panel
Toward a Healthier Future
Milken InstituteWill Durant, Mike Milken, Tanisha Carino, Michael Milken, Francis Collins, Susan Desmond-Hellmann, Bernard J. Tyson, Seema Verma, Sue Desmond-Hellman
- Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to add 500 million people by 2050, representing almost all net global population growth, with specific regions expected to double life expectancy within one generation.
- Under-five mortality rates are predicted to decrease by half to less than 3 million deaths by 2030, contingent on investments in health and education to ensure future citizens remain healthy and productive.
- Kaiser Permanente plans to transition care delivery models where virtual visits replace physical offices as the primary access point and where the majority of hip surgeries become same-day procedures.
- CMS intends to expand data availability for researchers by including the Medicaid population later this year and will leverage its footprint to drive cost reductions across the healthcare system.
- Patient access to comprehensive records, including genetic backgrounds and wearable technology data, is expected to enable the prediction and prevention of illness through vast datasets and artificial intelligence.
- Clinical trials are projected to increasingly rely on artificial intelligence and large datasets to advance precision medicine, with immediate coverage and payment mechanisms needed for breakthrough technologies like CAR T-cell therapy to prevent financial losses for treatment centers.
- Actuaries forecast that by 2027, the nation will allocate one in every five dollars to healthcare spending, creating a critical need to alter the rate of cost growth to ensure affordability.
- By 2022, there is a possibility that methods to delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease will be discovered, leveraging new insights into inflammatory responses and glial cells despite prior failures with amyloid monoclonals.
- The National Institutes of Health plans to invest heavily in artificial intelligence and recruit senior women leaders to address diversity gaps, improve perspectives, and mitigate issues like sexual harassment.
- Global health research investments from the Gates Foundation and NIH are expected to continue exceeding 50% of all funding dedicated to global health research.
- Policymakers and institutions anticipate that full inclusion of women globally could increase world GDP by $30 trillion, while political and civil discourse should focus on health and education for underserved communities.
- Specific hopes for 2022 include solving worldwide health problems, making US healthcare affordable, enabling families to identify early signs of suicidal intent, and seeing a shift in the healthcare cost growth rate.