Case One: BACKGROUNDA 66-year-old male presents with subacuteconfusion (encephalitis) and reports aweight loss of 40 pounds. His spinal fluid is abnormal and is sent to MayoClinic Laboratories for an AutoimmuneEncephalopathy evaluation. The evaluation detects an unclassified antibody, which isreported back to the treating physician. The patient is discovered to have ...
The importance of purpose Authors: Annie Lamont is a managing partner at Oak HC/FT and the first lady of the state of Connecticut. David Knott is a senior partner in McKinsey’s New York office. Twenty years ago, there was a big push toward physician-practice-management roll-ups. It was really a financial play. The doctors ...
Throughout human history, the diet has been dictated according to geography. When you live in a certain part of the pre-industrialized world, you only have certain foods available to you. And the foods you have available will have a different composition. They’ll have different macro and micronutrients. Some populations may have ...
The smart approach to prescribing medications should avoid the usual " try this because it might work, or it might not work". The smart approach to prescribing medications should be based on the patient's unique genes. This is especially important for medications used for depression, anxiety, mood disorders and other ...
The idea of using design leadership for the healthcare ecosystem is likely a non starter for those who inhabit this space. But this is the most appropriate tool kit to bring to a system that does not work as a system. A patient with severe facial pain from trigeminal neuralgia ...
Automating patient triage is a very important initiative. This uses AI and machine learning to automate the process in matching the patient's needs with the most appropriate intervention. Diagnostic Robotics is a startup that has taken on this challenge. Working with the Mayo Clinic and other large health systems, DR ...
The motivation for this piece came from thinking deeply for two years about pharmacare. The thinking proved to be circular and went nowhere. And from a piece in the New York times today on the role of government in solving massive social problems. The private sector can't do that without ...
Treating mental health disorders with medications is an essential skill for doctors. That is the principal role of psychiatrists. They meet with the patient. They diagnose the problem and then write the prescription. The problem is that each prescription is a chemistry experiment. No one can predict how a patient ...
Health systems lack a model for operationalizing and scaling innovations, which must be built on a foundation capable of embracing meaningful changes, whether incremental or dramatic. Health systems are, on balance, very bureaucratic and have fixed structures which are not open to innovation. In fact, innovation is seen to be ...
During my discussion with a client, I mentioned that at RCM Health Consultancy, we have a poet in residence. Stunned silence. Why would a health consultancy have a poet in residence. I explained that Tricia is a very skillful poet and that Tricia is able to help our clients to ...