Post on 06-Apr-2017
The Big FixArlen Meyers, MD, MBA
President and CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreurs
The ProblemsCostWastePoor outcomesDisparitiesHIT issuesChronic disease and agingNo Moore’s LawEducation and training Research and innovation failing
SolutionsChange the rules. Access and reimbursement
policies should reward disease prevention and health maintenance. Change the sickcare EMR to a healthcare EMR. Change sickcare insurance to healthcare insurance.
SolutionsChange how we educate a 21st century
healthcare workforce, providing them with the bioentrepreneurship, digital health, and population management knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to serve their communities. Creating more MD/MBAs won't get us there.
SolutionsTarget research and development funds to
supplement disease prevention research and deployment and make innovative universities into entrepreneurial ones.
SolutionsCreate innovative non-brick and mortar
eCare delivery channels that are easy to use, cheap and accessible. What is your digical health strategy?
Solutions Empower patients to take control of their
care and information e.g. using Open Notes and provide them with value transparency to they can make informed resource utilization decisions.
SolutionsEncourage appropriate DIY medicine and use
behavioral econometric and other techniques to change behavior of both doctors and patients.
Solutions Support patient and physician entrepreneurs
and other community based innovation networks.
SolutionsGive patients the information, resources, net
works, and incentives to take care of themselves and other family members.
SolutionsCreate an integrated
health information whole product solution that is patient centric
SolutionsCreate
the intellectual property, reimbursement and regulatory affairs infrastracture to catalyze biomedical and health innovation and entrepreneurship
SolutionsAddress the non-medical socioeconomic
determinants that drive the majority of health outcomes. like poverty, wage growth, employment, education, reproductive and women'r rights, minority opportunity and immigration.
SolutionsContinue to refine health data science and
cybersecurity. Treat digital health gaposis.
SolutionsFigure out how to change doctor and patient
behavior.
SolutionsEliminate the barriers to sick care innovation.
SolutionsLearn to say no and ration supply and
demand rationally