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Exploring themes around how human-centered technology can more effectively prevent and manage chronic diseases and help Americans live healthier, longer, and more independent lives.

If the United States wants to build healthier tomorrows, prevention has to come first. Yet today, the system continues to pour resources into repairing avoidable disease instead of preventing it. A recent discussion among health leaders focused on how to realign incentives and unlock the full value of prevention.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 90% of the nation’s $4.9 trillion in annual healthcare expenditures go toward treating people with chronic and mental health conditions.

American health care creates an enormous amount of data every year. Deloitte estimates about 2.3 zettabytes of data are generated annually, with health care making up roughly 30% of the world’s total data volume. At the same time, more than 1.5 million biomedical articles are published each year.