الأميال الأولى والأخيرة الحاسمة في الرعاية الصحية | Michael Morris | TEDxLogan Circle

وفقاً للمحاضرة، يُفوَّت نحو نصف مواعيد الرعاية الصحية في الولايات المتحدة، وغالباً ما يكون النقل سبباً رئيسياً. يرى Michael Morris، مؤسس Kerico Healthcare، أن النقل ينبغي أن يُعامل كجزء أساسي من الرعاية الصحية وليس كفكرة لاحقة. ويعرض نموذجاً مركزياً للنقل الطبي غير الطارئ من الباب إلى الباب يهدف إلى توسيع الوصول وخفض التكاليف الصحية عموماً.

• حواجز النقل تسهم في تفويت المواعيد الطبية في الولايات المتحدة
• كثير من المرضى ذوي الدخل المنخفض لا يستطيعون تحمل تكلفة الوصول إلى الرعاية
• يُقترح نظام مركزي للنقل الطبي غير الطارئ من الباب إلى الباب

Roughly half of all health care appointments in the United States are missed — and transportation is often the culprit. The importance of transportation in healthcare is wildly overlooked. Insurance companies and hospitals don’t see it as their problem. A large percentage of patients live below the poverty line, and can’t afford transportation at all. As a result, patients miss out on preventative care, end up sicker, die sooner, and cost the system huge sums of money. We have to treat transportation as a primary aspect of health care rather than an afterthought. Michael’s talk details how, by creating a centralized non-emergency medical transportation system, we can combine the best of commercial rideshare and private emergency transportation for a new systemic solution. This door-to-door medical transportation model expands the range of transportation while reducing healthcare costs across the board. Michael Morris is a Nigerian-born entrepreneur operating at the intersection of healthcare, energy, and live entertainment. Following the loss of his mother, he founded Kerico Healthcare, a non-emergency medical transportation provider serving patients across five states. Michael also directs renewable energy ventures, leads 125 Entertainment to produce cultural music festivals, and manages philanthropic initiatives supporting Haitian refugee communities in the Dominican Republic and transportation access programs for U.S. seniors. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx