45 hospital and healthcare executives outline the hospital of the future

One hundred years from now, hospitals will be nearly unrecognizable as care moves to the outpatient setting and organizations integrate artificial intelligence, telemedicine and other IT applications to care for patients outside the walls of their institution. Forty-five healthcare executives, including five from hospital C-suites, describe the key trends disrupting the traditional hospital and how institutions can prepare for the future. Here is what 45 healthcare executives had to say about the hospital of the future. Responses are organized by category -- hospital CEOs and executives, physicians, health IT leaders, consultants and healthcare firms and organizations -- and in alphabetical order within each category. Responses have been edited lightly for length and clarity. Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Memorial Hermann (Houston): "For decades, healthcare institutions operated under the assumption that people who are sick or injured should be seen by a ...