स्वास्थ्य सेवा के महत्वपूर्ण पहले और आखिरी मील | Michael Morris | TEDxLogan Circle

बताया गया है कि अमेरिका में लगभग आधी स्वास्थ्य अपॉइंटमेंट छूट जाती हैं, और इसका एक बड़ा कारण अक्सर परिवहन होता है। Kerico Healthcare के संस्थापक Michael Morris का तर्क है कि परिवहन को स्वास्थ्य सेवा का मूल हिस्सा माना जाना चाहिए, न कि बाद में सोचा जाने वाला विषय। वे एक केंद्रीकृत, गैर-आपातकालीन चिकित्सा परिवहन मॉडल प्रस्तुत करते हैं, जिसका उद्देश्य पहुँच बढ़ाना और कुल स्वास्थ्य लागत घटाना है।

• परिवहन की बाधाएँ अमेरिका में छूटी मेडिकल अपॉइंटमेंट में योगदान देती हैं
• कम आय वाले कई मरीज़ों के पास इलाज तक जाने का किराया देने की क्षमता नहीं होती
• दरवाज़े से दरवाज़े तक जाने वाली केंद्रीकृत गैर-आपातकालीन परिवहन प्रणाली का प्रस्ताव है

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