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Immense change is coming to the field of healthcare. Zayna Khayat believes medicine will advance more in the next ten years than it has in the last 100. And according to Dr Khayat, dermatologists are perfectly positioned to take advantage of the coming waves of innovation Zayna Khayat is Future Strategist with SE Health (formerly, Saint Elizabeth Health Care) a health and social impact enterprise with a major focus on creating a better future for aging adults in their homes and communities. Zayna is Faculty of Singularity University’ Exponential Medicine stream and is adjunct faculty in the Health Sector Strategy stream at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. In this conversation with Dr Kerri Purdy, Zayna Khayat says: The healthcare sector is not good at dealing with change In future health care delivery will be much more of a blend of physical and digital care and there will be a shift to preventive care and home care Doctors should be excited that patients are taking more control of their health and using Google to check their symptoms Co-design of health care programs with patients can increase uptake “The Patient Will See You Now” and “Deep Medicine” by Dr Eric Topol and “The Innovators Prescription” by Clayton Christensen required reading to learn about coming changes in health care