As primeiras e últimas milhas críticas da saúde | Michael Morris | TEDxLogan Circle

Segundo a palestra, cerca de metade das consultas de saúde nos Estados Unidos é perdida, e o transporte costuma ser um dos motivos. Michael Morris, fundador da Kerico Healthcare, defende que o transporte deve ser tratado como parte central do cuidado em saúde, e não como um detalhe secundário. Ele apresenta um modelo centralizado de transporte médico não emergencial, porta a porta, que busca ampliar o acesso e reduzir custos gerais.

• Barreiras de transporte contribuem para consultas perdidas nos EUA
• Muitos pacientes de baixa renda não conseguem pagar o deslocamento
• É proposto um sistema centralizado de transporte médico não emergencial porta a porta

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