FHC #206: What Gen Z expects from healthcare & why it matters

About this episode

The episode explores Gen Z's expectations from the healthcare system through a conversation with Grace Lynn Keller.

Season 11 of Fixing Healthcare continues its shift away from the traditional top-down model of interviewing CEOs, policymakers and medical leaders to focus this week on something new, different and fascinating: listening to the generation that is inheriting this American healthcare system. In this episode, Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr speak with Grace Lynn Keller , VP at Executive Podcast Solutions, former Miss America contestant and the show’s first-ever Gen Z guest. Grace brings a rare vantage point: Professionally, she is immersed in conversations with healthcare executives. Personally, she is part of the generation that consumes health information through social media, wearables and AI tools. For healthcare professionals, the conversation offers an important lens on how Gen Z gathers health information, how they decide when to seek care and what they expect from clinicians, insurers and government leaders. One insight stood out immediately. When asked where she would turn first with a non-emergency symptom, Grace answered without hesitation: ChatGPT. Her answer signals how much the healthcare landscape is changing. While Gen Z may turn to generative AI for initial medical…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robert Pearl, Jeremy Corr

Guest: Grace Lynn Keller

Topics covered

• Gen Z healthcare expectations
• health information consumption
• AI in healthcare
• trust in healthcare
• preventive health

Keywords

• Gen Z
• healthcare
• AI tools
• health information
• trust
• prevention
• ChatGPT

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Executive Podcast Solutions, ChatGPT

Places: American

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