Addressing the growing demand for medical care services combined with the shortage of the workforce, using medical care innovations that improve patient’s health and restoring joy in medicine for doctors and doctors is more essential than ever. Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, and Ramin Davidoff, MD, Co-Cos of the Permanent Federation, recently talked about access to innovation and attention with Becker’s Healthcare podcast.
The expenditure of health services is above the pre-pandemic levels and the use has been recovered in certain measures. And the use is expected to grow as the number of Americans with more than 65 years is expected to do so.
“What we are seeing is the ravages of the duration of perhaps delayed pandemic care [plus] The aging of the Baby Boomers, “said Dr. Ansari, added that” approximately 60% of Americans have a chronic condition and 40% have two. ”
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Building the workforce to coincide with the needs of a population that ages will be vital. But that will be just a piece of puzzle, since it is predicted that the United States will face a shortage of doctors of up to 86,000 doctors by 2036, as well as the shortage of other health workers.
“There are challenges of the workforce that we are discouraging both in doctors and nurses, as well as some of the auxiliary staff as respiratory technicians, and radiological diagnostic technicians,” said Dr. Davidoff.
3 approaches with vision of the future to address future challenges of medical care
A proactive and technology approach such as the integrated model of integrated permanent Kaiser care would emphasize three important strategies to solve the imminent challenges:
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Grant in the prevention and detection of health problems before they are serious. Connecting patients with necessary care quickly creates a mutual benefit for patients and care equipment. “The healthier the patient is, the better the system,” said Dr. Ansari. “In our system, if a patient never has a fall, it never has a heart attack, that is the best for the patient, but it is also the best for the entire system.”
- Use AI technology and innovation to support doctors and doctors and improve care experience. Kaiser permanent completed a national implementation of tools of environmental scribes that create a transcription of visits to the patient, as well as a summary that doctors edit before adding it to the patient’s registration. “Most of our doctors tell us that this has been the best improvement they have seen in their daily work,” said Dr. Ansari. “And our patients say they really feel that the doctor is looking at the subject and not the computer screen.”
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Dr. Davidoff discussed other initiatives of AI within Kaiser permanent that address exhaustion, such as the technology that can review the emails incoming patients, patient lists and clinician notes and create a response draft so that the doctor reviews and edits it. This will also help reduce the administrative workload while helping with timely communication with patients, a key part of the care experience.
- Promote a strong culture of collaboration and team care. When doctors work together, they can respond better to the changing needs of the patients and the communities they attend. “A good culture in each organization is of critical importance, and it is something that cannot be sacrificed for the good of operational efficiency,” said Dr. Davidoff. “Establishing a culture that is oriented to the mission for our system in each of the geographies in which we exist is the critical mission.”
Listen to the complete health podcast episode of Becker’s Healthcare with Dr. Ansari here and the episode with Dr. Davidoff here.