This morning, the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) unveiled a comprehensive roadmap titled Healthcare 2030: An Impact Thesis for the Digital Era of Medicine. The launch coincided with the Healthcare 2030 Summit in Washington, DC, where key government officials, industry leaders, and patient advocates gathered to discuss the future of healthcare in the United States.
DiMe’s impact thesis addresses the pressing challenges facing the U.S. healthcare system, including severe economic difficulties and rapid technological advancements. Rising healthcare costs and utilization rates are straining the system, while Medicaid and research budgets face cuts. Despite the highest per capita spending on healthcare globally, the nation’s health continues to decline. At the same time, substantial investments in artificial intelligence and digital technologies struggle to move beyond pilot programs, leaving the industry without a clear path for implementation.
“Healthcare 2030 bridges that gap,”
said Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe.
“We have already proven that digital innovation can detect cancer early, overcome the mal-distribution of our clinical workforce, and cut trial timelines. Now, this blueprint shows how to take those lessons system-wide, aligning with the administration’s priorities and delivering sustainable wins in prevention, personalization, outcomes, and affordability.”
Strategic Priorities for 2030
The Healthcare 2030 document outlines four key impact areas that need focus through 2030:
- Prevention: Transitioning from reactive sick care to proactive healthcare by making prevention financially viable at scale.
- Personalization: Tailoring care to individual patients using diverse datasets and patient-generated health information.
- Health Outcomes: Measuring what matters most—overall health rather than just adherence to processes.
- Sustainability: Establishing a financially viable, workforce-ready, and innovation-friendly healthcare system.
These priorities will be supported by four critical technical drivers: data, compute, connectivity, and communication, which are essential for the digital transformation of medicine.
From Vision to Action
DiMe’s successful track record includes over 880 measurable impacts, such as:
- Advanced predictive models that reduce opioid relapse and cytokine release syndrome in cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy.
- Defined best practices to eliminate harmful race-based algorithms in healthcare.
- Toolkits that have shortened payer contracting times by 18 months.
- Nationwide scaling of innovative care models like virtual first care and hospital-at-home.
- Reduced clinical trial timelines and costs by up to 15 times.
The Healthcare 2030 thesis aims to provide a coordinated operational plan for the healthcare ecosystem, encouraging collaboration among all stakeholders. The summit features several key sessions, including:
- Policy as a Catalyst: Examining how federal agencies shape the digital health landscape.
- The Engine of Transformation: Utilizing data and computational power for system-wide change.
- Always On: Extending care beyond traditional clinic settings through improved connectivity and communication.
- Follow the Money: Aligning financial incentives and reimbursement models with health outcomes.
- Impact Co-Design Labs: Collaborative sessions focused on reimbursement reform, clinical trials, responsible AI, and patient empowerment.
Additionally, the summit will honor a leader in healthcare transformation with the inaugural DiMe Impact Innovator Award.
“Healthcare 2030 offers the clearest map yet for how innovation and policy can come together,” said Amy Abernethy, co-founder of Highlander Health. “It is a call to action for every sector to step up and deliver real outcomes for patients and communities.”
The Digital Medicine Society is a global nonprofit organization focused on advancing the safe and effective use of digital technologies in healthcare. By defining digital endpoints, advancing regulatory science, and developing reimbursement frameworks, DiMe equips the healthcare ecosystem with the necessary tools to transform vision into reality.
For more information, visit the Healthcare 2030 Summit website and read the full Healthcare 2030 Thesis.