If we are to have longer, healthier lives at lower cost, that innovation will come from outpatient primary care. Payers, large medical systems, and primary care are not aligned in this objective. Payers and large medical systems may be barriers to the changes that are needed. Chronic disease management in the outpatient primary care setting is the low-hanging fruit.
I guess I'm being a negative-Nellie today, but I'm wondering just how much desire there is in almost any clinical setting today to have a lot of self-driven disruption? And in no small part, because of the out of touch large health and insurance systems. My hope is that enough of the newer folks to the healthcare environment will push towards disruption. That is certainly needed.
It still amazes me as to why so many folks just find any type of change vile. I just don't get it! I'm a long time W. Edwards Deming student of continuous process improvement. If only we could instill that mindset...
Your reference to Deming is critical. Low quality at high cost is the opposite of what he advocated. Quality is a systems property. We won't have patient-centered care until we adopt evidence-based care systems consistent with best practices. No one is going to do it for us. It is up to us! Let's get started!
We are definitely disrupting the legacy system: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joseph-thomas-shen-md-b01760106_ebbh-activity-6931357243682533376-eUcY?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app
Absolutely! Multifunction Cardiogram Technology Platform is the tip of the spear of the 21st Century Healthcare a transformation, bar none!
I guess I'm being a negative-Nellie today, but I'm wondering just how much desire there is in almost any clinical setting today to have a lot of self-driven disruption? And in no small part, because of the out of touch large health and insurance systems. My hope is that enough of the newer folks to the healthcare environment will push towards disruption. That is certainly needed.
It still amazes me as to why so many folks just find any type of change vile. I just don't get it! I'm a long time W. Edwards Deming student of continuous process improvement. If only we could instill that mindset...
Your reference to Deming is critical. Low quality at high cost is the opposite of what he advocated. Quality is a systems property. We won't have patient-centered care until we adopt evidence-based care systems consistent with best practices. No one is going to do it for us. It is up to us! Let's get started!