GRIP – Health Special Issue

GRIP – Health Special Issue

Healthcare’s compliance challenge

Industry experts discuss the future of risk, data, innovation and regulation.

This special edition of GRIP has healthcare as its focus and contains a wealth of articles, interviews and deep dives into a variety of healthcare subsectors and topic areas.

We look at issues ranging from conflicts of interest to third-party risk management, as well as cybersecurity challenges – all in a sector where compliance challenges are becoming more complex. And we’ve spoken to some of the sector’s thought leaders too, gathering some fascinating insight.

This special edition does not specifically mention mental health, though, and it is with that in mind that I write this editorial. If left unaddressed, mental health inequities could lead to about $14 trillion in excess costs between now and 2040, according to one analysis of the topic. In far more general terms, there is a lot to be said for our daily mental wellbeing that may or may not involve medicine and therapy – but greatly affects our lives.

And there might be some glimmer of hope for our overall mental states if we account for the impact of caring and sharing on our own happiness. The latest issue of the World Happiness Report offers a lot to smile about. For example, when researchers dropped wallets in the street to find out what proportion of people returned them to their owners, it was far higher than expected. And benevolence increased during COVID-19 in every region of the world. This “benevolence jump” has been sustained since then, with benevolent acts still hovering 10% above their pre-pandemic levels.

Interestingly, our wellbeing depends on our perception of other people’s benevolence, as well as their actual benevolence. Since we underestimate the kindness of others, our wellbeing can be improved by receiving information about altruism.

Any discussion of our overall health should include a thoughtful examination of what makes us happy – and it turns out that making other people happy does the trick well.

We wish you much happiness extended and received.

Our best wishes,

Julie DiMauro

US Content Manager

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