What is the purpose

of health care?

Possibility # 1
How can we improve value
for patients?

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

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/

Costs are the total costs of care for

a patients condition over the care cycle.

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

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

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/

The basic purpose of healthcare organizations

is to meet the healthcare needs of
individuals and to promote the health of
the community.
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A question to ask a patient:

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/

We have to focus on the patient.

What is good for the patient?

What does he want?

https://youtu.be/_jAZ49WGdWs

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.

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2015/10/15/the-patient-wish-list

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

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

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/

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

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

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 theyre well.
to differentiate between serious problems and
problems that need rapid, convenient solutions.
http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00020?pg=all

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

Jamie Oliver: Teach every child in school to cook 10 recipes

that will save his/her life

https://youtu.be/go_QOzc79Uc

A preventative healthcare system would mobilize

all its available financial and clinical assets to
support healthier communities.

http://www.trust.org/item/20140402123148-6vk7g/

Doctors were originally teachers.

So Im a teacher first, and a repair person second.
Dr. Walter Bortz.

http://fora.tv/2009/12/08/Next_Medicine_Saving_US_Healthcare#fullprogram

Further inspiration

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

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

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.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/finding-purpose-life-helps-us-take-care-ourselves-old-age-reduces-health-care-309432

What is your purpose?

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

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

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

Further inspiration

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Love-2024572