Pumpkin spice lattes have given way to turkey and stuffing, which in turn has given way to ugly sweaters and pop star Christmas albums and specials.
For working professionals, it’s a time for prognostications about what might change in their industry in the new year.
End of year predictions make timely reads in part because they come at a time when people are winding down for the year and getting ready to take their mind off of their day to day work.
Yet while they may give us a broad and varied view into expectations (or hopes and dreams), the vast majority of predictions about how healthcare will change in 2025 are likely to be wrong. Not because prognosticators are foolish, but because our modern healthcare system has evolved over 80+ years, and any major change over the course of any twelve month period is unlikely; add the enormous complexity of healthcare and its myriad special interests, and forecasting a specific change is that much more difficult.
Given this, and perhaps sprinkling a bit of Grinch spirit onto the season, below are six things that experts view as unlikely to change in healthcare in 2025, followed by a dash of optimism.
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Working to improve healthcare can at times feel like a Sisyphean task. It also can be difficult to recognize progress in the moment. With this in mind, perhaps the wisest prediction (or just insight) comes from an unlikely source: a media and public relations executive, not normally known for their desire to keep things low key.
“Healthcare takes a minute,” advises and predicts Darren Brandt of Sloane PR.
Amidst a prediction season that touts all the ways the world might change in the next 12 months, sometimes the diligence to keep one’s head down and patience to see things through is the reminder we all need.