医療の重要な最初と最後の一マイル | Michael Morris | TEDxLogan Circle

米国では医療予約の約半数が欠席されていると報告されており、その大きな理由の一つが移動手段の不足です。Kerico Healthcare創業者のマイケル・モリス氏は、交通手段を医療の付随的な要素ではなく中核として捉えるべきだと主張します。講演では、非緊急医療搬送を一元化する仕組みを提案し、医療へのアクセス拡大と医療費全体の抑制を目指す考えが示されています。TEDxLogan Circleでの講演です。

• 米国では移動手段の障壁が医療予約の欠席につながっている
• 貧困線以下の患者は通院のための交通費を負担しきれないことがある
• 非緊急医療搬送を一元化し、戸口から戸口まで届けるモデルが提案されている

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