Our goal at CHCI has always been to help organizations change the way they think about health care. Whether we like it or not, we've evolved into a "sickness-based" system comprised of many independent stakeholders that is not organized or coordinated toward any common goal. The result is an extremely expensive health care system that doesn't produce the outcomes or results we would expect for the dollars we are spending. In order to really reform or change our system- we first need to start changing the way we think. We need to change our perspective.
We've been in a few meetings with organizations over the past few weeks that really pointed out to us that it's the "thinking" that needs to change first- then we can start to be truly innovative and creative in making the changes we need to make. Many organizations seem more comfortable with throwing more tactics at the problem, but feel they must fit these tactics in the context of the way things exist today- as opposed to changing the market dynamics themselves. We're being incremental about our approach to fixing our health care challenge- as opposed to being bold and creating a whole new health care paradigm.
The familiar Albert Einstein quote comes to mind, " The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them". Addressing the challenges we face with our health care system is a significant problem- all stakeholders involved will need to change our level of thinking if we're going to fix it.
We've been in a few meetings with organizations over the past few weeks that really pointed out to us that it's the "thinking" that needs to change first- then we can start to be truly innovative and creative in making the changes we need to make. Many organizations seem more comfortable with throwing more tactics at the problem, but feel they must fit these tactics in the context of the way things exist today- as opposed to changing the market dynamics themselves. We're being incremental about our approach to fixing our health care challenge- as opposed to being bold and creating a whole new health care paradigm.
The familiar Albert Einstein quote comes to mind, " The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them". Addressing the challenges we face with our health care system is a significant problem- all stakeholders involved will need to change our level of thinking if we're going to fix it.
I am in total agreement with the proposition that we must look to new ways of doing things if we want different outcomes. We have gone to the well two or three times with the same people in charge of change and we end up with no change but more costs.
ReplyDeleteWe need to look for things that work by producing better outcomes in the shortest time possible while lowering costs over standard protocols. Only looking at technologies and ideas that are already in the system will not produce different outcome.
Just my thoughts.
Duane Kunz
Heartland Medical Distribution