5 trends that will reshape medical practice in the next 5 years

Health care's one constant is change, and the practices that thrive are the ones that see it coming.

That was the message that Les Jebson, M.H.A., MBA, FACHE, FACMPE, a regional administrator at Prisma Health in South Carolina and a 20-year member of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), brought to his session at the MGMA Summit Digital Conference on Thursday, June 4, where he walked through the five trends he believes will most disrupt medical practice management over the next five years.

His list spanned artificial intelligence (AI), telehealth, consumerism, financial pressure and regulation. Ultimately, technology, economics and patient expectations are the forces driving disruption in the industry, and health care leaders who wait to react will be at a disadvantage.

Above are five trends poised to disrupt medical practices in the years ahead.