What is 4D™ Health?

While healthcare often offers one-dimensional solutions, human life unfolds in multiple dimensions. 4D™ Health and Aging brings these dimensions together, helping organizations and individuals see the complete picture.

The framework addresses health challenges across four critical dimensions to achieve the following goals:

Scale
Design interventions across levels — from the individual to the global.

Perspective
Develop models informed by the intersection of clinical, research, and industry insights.

Context
Create strategies grounded in the interplay of place and culture.

Time
Address immediate needs with solutions that also account for lifelong aging.

By embracing the 4D™ Health and Aging framework, we create a healthcare system as comprehensive as it is empathic and ethical. I’m betting you share that aim with us. Let’s talk.

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4D™ Thinking:
New Solutions for Health, Aging, and Community


In today's complex healthcare landscape, conventional 1-dimensional solutions often fall short. This presentation introduces the 4D™ Health framework - a multidimensional approach that reveals new perspectives on modern health challenges, such as chronic disease epidemics and the caregiver crisis. This talk is for health professionals who want more effective, ethical, and sustainable strategies for extending healthspan in an aging world.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify flat solutions that miss the depths of health.

  2. Reframe complex health challenges using a deeper, multidimensional framework.

  3. Develop strategies for bridging the clinical and the community.

  4. Design more effective and efficient 4D™ interventions.

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“Jacob did an engaging job talking about the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to complex problems.

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“Jacob did an outstanding job equipping a diverse audience to engage in productive dialogue on health and healthcare.”

- Dee Ford

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