We talk a lot about healthcare transformation, but here’s the truth that often gets overlooked:

Health doesn’t start in hospitals.
It starts in our neighborhoods and schools, in our workplaces and homes, in the policies we pass and the systems we build. Yet despite knowing this, our healthcare system continues to operate in silos, focused on diagnosing and treating illness inside exam rooms, while the root causes of poor health continue to grow outside the clinic walls.

So what would it look like if we truly reimagined healthcare?

What if we stopped asking, “How can we treat this disease?” and started asking, “What would it take to prevent it in the first place?”

Imagine a different approach:

🔹 Healthcare systems partnering with housing organizations to ensure patients with chronic illness aren’t choosing between medications and rent.

🔹 Doctors collaborating with local food systems to prescribe fresh, nutritious food, not just pills, for managing diabetes and other preventable conditions.

🔹 Employers and educators working with public health leaders to reduce stress, improve mental health, and build healthier environments before people ever get sick.

🔹 Community leaders, social services, and healthcare providers sharing data and resources to address issues like poverty, trauma, and access to care, together.

This is what real healthcare transformation looks like.
It’s not just about better medical interventions. It’s about building partnerships across sectors that create the conditions for people to thrive.

Because health isn’t just a medical issue, it’s a community issue.

To create a system that truly works for everyone, we have to break down silos and start building bridges. We need to stop working in parallel and start working in partnership.

So here’s the big question:

Who else needs to be at the table for healthcare to truly change?