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Healthcare Evolution: Past, Present and Future—
Advancing Patient Care in an Era of Accelerating Innovation

February 19, 2025 | 1PM ET

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Healthcare is undergoing a profound transformation driven by groundbreaking advancements in technology, data and medicine. From predictive analytics and AI-enhanced diagnostics to precision treatments and robotics, these innovations are revolutionizing patient care.

Our latest AB Disruptor Series installment examines how the healthcare industry has evolved through three lenses: pre-diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment. We’ll highlight advances reshaping this “lifecycle of healthcare.” And we’ll offer a forward perspective on what these changes mean for all of us—as patients and investors.

 

What We'll Discuss

  1. Pre-Diagnosis—On the Road from Reactive to Predictive Care:

    From wearable tech to the ocean of information now available from standard fluid and tissue samples, big data and AI are enabling earlier risk detection and empowering individuals to take control of their health.

  2. Diagnosis—More Precise, More Efficient:

    Technologies such as advanced imaging, molecular diagnostics and AI-powered platforms are advancing disease detection, making diagnoses faster, more accurate and more accessible.

  3. Treatment—Redefining Care with Innovation:

    Genetic sequencing and targeted therapies are driving an evolution from “one size fits all” toward personalization. Robots and automation are advancing across the surgical spectrum, while regenerative medicine and nanotechnology could tackle once-untreatable conditions.

 

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Peter Gordon , Marshall Glick , Richard Brink , Artem Dergunov

Oil prices have been volatile for the past few years, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upended the entire supply/demand framework.

Matthew Scott , Richard Brink , Adriaan duToit , Eric Winograd

At the center of the debate two key questions emerge: How much debt is actually too much? And what happens when a country reaches that point?

David Wheeler , Luke Pryor , Jody Gunderson , Richard Brink

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Inigo Fraser-Jenkins , Richard Brink

For decades, globalization’s rise has driven down inflationary pressures and yields, thus increasing corporate profit margins, valuations in equity markets, and bond prices.

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