Future of the Hospital
Future of the Hospital Foresight Engine Game
For over 100 years, the hospital has been the core of our healthcare system, and a pillar of every community—the central hub where people enter and leave this world, and where scientific discoveries become life saving procedures.
But in the last couple decades, technological, social and economic forces have chipped away at this model. As these trends continue—making traditional clinical environments punishingly expensive to run, and increasingly less necessary for many healthcare needs – the future of the community hospital is uncertain.
This was the premise of our Foresight Engine game on the Future of the Hospital—a 24-hour collaborative forecasting game played from January 8-9, 2013. Over just 24 hours, 637 people from around the globe came together to generate 4,528 ideas for reinventing the hospital. Players from everywhere from San Francisco to Omaha, the United Arab Emirates to New Zealand forecasted on topics ranging from the big meaning of community wellness to the small details of hospital billing codes, and everything in between. Big thanks to everyone who played!
Game Statistics
January 2013
- Registered Players = 637
- Cards Played = 4,528
- Countries = 41
Recent Press
- Fast Company Co.Exist—”Foresight Engine Asks The Crowd To Change The Future“
- Forbes—“Over to You Mr. Smarty-Pants: How Would You Fix the World?“
More about this Project
- Game starts January 8! Play to reinvent the Future of the Hospital.
- Future of the Hospital: Announcing Challenge #2
- Future of the Hospital: Announcing Challenge #3
- It's Official: Over 4,500 Ideas for Reinventing the Hospital
For More Information
- Future of the Hospital—email Rachel Maguire at rmaguire@iftf.org
- Foresight Engine—email Sean Ness at sness@iftf.org