Thursday, 3 March 2011

Emerging Questions

As this futures project progresses, a number of questions about demographics and society, healthcare product and service suppliers, the impact of climate change and technology have started to emerge.

I'm confident that others will come to the fore as well, particularly when specific issues are raised within the contecxt of the scenarios or even simply the existing driving forces.

Here are the current emerging questions:

Demographics and Society
  • What will the impact of increasing healthy life years be on society?
  • How does the dynamic between health and life span change?
  • How will the Birth, Health, Illness and Death system evolve?
  • How will the causes of death change over the next 20 years?
  • If death becomes elective, what does that mean for the health?

Healthcare Service and Product Suppliers 
  • Who are the new players and industry sectors that will move into the health sector?
  • How will the Birth, Health, Illness and Death system evolve?

Impact of Climate Change
  • How will diseases migrate as a direct result of climate change?

New Technology
  • How will technologies to halt degenerative conditions be brought to market?
  • How will regenerative health technologies be brought to market?
  • What is left for pharma to discover?

If you are interested in knowing more about this project or getting involved, contact me.

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