What is the purpose of health care? 6 questions.

1. What is the purpose
of health care?

2. Possibility # 1
How can we improve value
for patients?

3. http://youtu.be/DRkhppxZzL0
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/2012%2002%2029%20Value-Based%20Health%20Care%20Delivery.pdf

4. Examples of dimensions to measure outcomes
 Survival.
 Ability to function.
 Discomfort and complications.
 The sustainability of recovery.
http://hbr.org/2011/09/how-to-solve-the-cost-crisis-in-health-care/

5. http://youtu.be/DRkhppxZzL0
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/pdf/2012%2002%2029%20Value-Based%20Health%20Care%20Delivery.pdf
Costs are the total costs of care for
a patient’s condition over the care cycle.

6. Possibility # 2
How can we satisfy needs
of people who are sick

7. The Hippocratic Oath, developed around 4th century
B.C., aims to set moral standards for the medical profession
and protect good medical practice.
It required physicians to swear that “I will apply dietetic
measures for the benefit of the sick according to my
ability and my judgment and… whatever houses I may visit, I
will come for the benefit of the sick” (Edelstein, 3). The Oath
is the fundamental guidelines for western medical practice.
http://healthmad.com/healthcare-industry/purpose-of-health-care/

8. http://books.google.com/books?id=SR4zhI_wMdoC&pg=PA4&dq="purpose+of+healthcare"&ei=0v5WS_2
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The basic purpose of healthcare organizations
is to meet the healthcare needs of
individuals and to promote the health of
the community.

9. Can you please help me understand
what I can do to help you?
https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-spread-empathy-in-health-care/
A question to ask a patient:

10. https://youtu.be/_jAZ49WGdWs
We have to focus on the patient.
What is good for the patient?
What does he want?

11. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/10/15/the-patient-wish-list
Top 4 needs of patients at The Johns Hopkins Hospital
# 1. Let me sleep.
Do not take vitals throughout the night or draw blood between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.,
unless it is critical.
# 2. Keep the noise levels down at the nurses' station.
# 3. Don't lose my personal belongings.
# 4. Knock on the door before entering.
This shows respect for me as an individual and my privacy.

12. Further inspiration
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/10/reminder-medicines-main-purpose.html
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Needs-that-people-have-1530997

13. Possibility # 3
How do we provide treatment
to people who are sick?

14. In the US, 70% of all healthcare expenditures are
devoted to treating chronic disease, while only 4%
are devoted to preventing it.
This approach has led to the institutionalization of a
sick care system that now accounts for 18% of the
total economy.
http://www.trust.org/item/20140402123148-6vk7g/

15. Healthcare, in our opinion, is a euphemism. It should be
renamed "sicknesscare," because 98%+ of the time, money,
resources and attention all go into sicknesscare.
When we start tackling the root causes of preventable
diseases, have strong incentives to discourage unhealthy
habits and encourage healthy habits (rebates for gyms, yoga
classes, meditation classes, etc.), and start paying equal
time, money, resources and attention to prevention and
elimination - the healthcare industry will finally be born.
https://hbr.org/2012/11/americas-fiscal-cliff-can-be-a

16. Possibility # 4
How can we educate each
other to live healthy lives?

17. The current system is not designed to do the things that
people increasingly want a health-care system to do:
To deliver chronic disease management:
 to deliver wellness care.
 to counsel people when they’re well.
 to differentiate between serious problems and
problems that need rapid, convenient solutions.
http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00020?pg=all

18. The main purpose of health education is to offer
people and local communities the information,
resources and solutions they need to make
healthier lifestyle decisions.
http://www.ask.com/education/purpose-health-education-a75741034faa4bc5

19. Jamie Oliver: Teach every child in school to cook 10 recipes
that will save his/her life
https://youtu.be/go_QOzc79Uc

20. A preventative healthcare system would mobilize
all its available financial and clinical assets to
support healthier communities.
http://www.trust.org/item/20140402123148-6vk7g/

21. Doctors were originally teachers.
So I’m a teacher first, and a repair person second.
http://fora.tv/2009/12/08/Next_Medicine_Saving_US_Healthcare#fullprogram
Dr. Walter Bortz.

22. Further inspiration
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/11-advantages-of-using-a-blog-for-teaching

23. Possibility # 5
How can we help each other
discover our values
and purpose?

24. http://www.medicaldaily.com/finding-purpose-life-helps-us-take-care-ourselves-old-age-reduces-health-care-309432
Research shows that finding a purpose can have
profound benefits to a persons health.
The researchers found that for each extra point of
purpose reported, there was a 17% decrease in the
number of nights a person spent in the hospital.

25. What is your purpose?

26. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Questions-to-discover-your-values-1329394
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-is-your-purpose-1438787

27. Possibility # 6
How can we help each
other to express love?

28. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/07/doctoring-is-an-act-of-love.html
Doctoring
is an act of
love.

29. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572