Russ Coile provides market forecasts and strategic advice to a wide range of U.S. hospitals, medical organizations, and health care companies. A futurist specializing in the health care industry and president of the Health Forecasting Group, he is the author of four books on the future of the health field. His most recent release is, The Five Stages of Managed Care. He publishes a monthly newsletter, Russell Coile's Health Trends, and his prediction rate on 1995's "Top 10 Trends" was 90% accurate. In the past year, Coile has presented for such groups as the American Hospital Associaton, the American College of Physician Executives, the Governance Institute, and the Rand Healthcare Roundtable.