What Connects a Pharmacist, a Physician and a Software Engineer?
At One Health, a rheumatologist might help a patient manage a complex autoimmune condition. A pharmacist might work to make sure a patient can access the medication that physician prescribed. A care manager might help someone navigate what happens after they leave the hospital. A software engineer might build a tool that helps clinicians identify patients at risk […]
The Hidden Cost of Fragmented Care
You see your primary care physician. Then you’re referred to a specialist. The specialist orders a test. Someone tells you to call another office to schedule it. A prescription goes to the pharmacy. You’re not sure whether your primary care physician received the results. Then you get home and realize you don’t know who you’re supposed to call about the next step. For someone with one straightforward […]
What Changes When Profit Isn’t the Point?
Healthcare organizations need to make money. That may sound like an unusual way to begin a conversation about nonprofit healthcare, but it’s an important distinction. It takes money to recruit great physicians and employees: To invest in technology. To open new locations. To add services. To improve infrastructure. To reach more patients. No healthcare organization […]
The Best Healthcare Innovation Might Be the Least Exciting
Say healthcare innovation and it’s easy to picture what’s next. Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Precision medicine. New devices. New drugs. Technologies capable of changing how we diagnose and treat disease. Those advances are exciting, and many have the potential to fundamentally change healthcare. But some of the innovations that make the biggest difference in someone’s healthcare […]