During Cushman webinar, Advisory Board speaker explores the many challenges
By John B. Mugford
Wes Campbell of The Advisory Board discussed the challenges facing the U.S. healthcare industry insights and how the real estate might be affected during Cushman and Wakefield’s annual “State Of The Healthcare Industry” webinar Jan. 15. (HREI™ photo)
As for the current status of the U.S. healthcare system, things are not looking all that good on a number of fronts.
For example, the country is on the verge of losing many of the safety nets available to the most vulnerable of the population. Those safety nets include rural hospitals and healthcare providers, as well as many pharmacies, which many people rely on as part of their overall care.
These problems could end up costing everyone money – in the form of higher taxes, insurance premiums and provider expenses – due to the need to eventually spend more on patients who develop serious illnesses because they did not seek or receive preventive care.
The possibility of losing some of the safety nets is just one of numerous problems facing the U.S. healthcare system, which, as it is set up today, “is not really meeting the needs of the population.”
This message comes from Wes Campbell, a healthcare outcomes researcher with Washington, D.C.-based The Advisory Board Company (Nasdaq: ABCO), a healthcare industry research, advisory and support firm.
Mr. Campbell was the keynote speaker for the Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) “Annual State of the Healthcare Industry Webinar” on Thursday, Jan 15. The webinar was hosted by Cushman & Wakefield’s Lorie Damon, executive managing director.
During Mr. Campbell’s presentation, which lasted more than an hour,
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