Human healthcare has a lot to teach us, especially since its challenges tend to precede ours. The industry serves as a reliable sentinel for up-and-coming concerns we are likely to confront in the near future, which is what this post is all about. Although these scary prospects don't yet keep us up all night, they are well worth contemplating as we head into the second half of the decade.
As a veterinary journalist of sorts, I've found it helpful to keep my ear to the ground on all kinds of random medical issues, including those in the human healthcare industry. One of my favorite online publications makes it easy for me to do so. KevinMD, which started as one guy's blog and morphed into a long-running outlet for medical news and opinion articles, is an old standby for all kinds of human healthcare info. Its recent article on the biggest challenges for the upcoming decade prompted me to explore these changes as they might relate to the veterinary healthcare industry.