HEALTH NEEDS A PARADIGM SHIFT: FROM REPAIR TO HEALTH NAVIGATION

Ideal healthcare would look at not only the symptoms but the direct cause, as well as focusing on keeping the healthy population healthy. This is often referred to as a prevention model. What would this system look like? This system would encompass all efforts to interfere with the disease process.

The unfortunate reality is that most people don’t start properly taking care of their health until something goes wrong with it. This is reinforced by the traditional Western medical model, which only treats patients after they have health issues.
The current healthcare model is undoubtedly lifesaving, however, it puts little emphasis on prevention.

More than 75 years ago, WHO defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Focus should be health not disease. Most facets of society have radically transformed since then. Ironically, the most essential aspect of human life, personal health, has been the least affected by digital transformation. We need highly personalized unobtrusive real-time support that integrates lifestyle, community, environment, socioeconomic factors, and medicine, when essential, to maintain health — in the hands of the individual. Although, some researchers and thought leaders in health and medicine have advocated adopting modern approaches like P4 and Deep Medicine , but the adoption rates are slow.

The US or others countries consistently spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, yet are still among the unhealthiest. With a system that focuses primarily on the sick and diseased, what change could be made if we focused on keeping the healthy, healthy?
Traditional healthcare in the US focuses on treating the illness or symptoms, earning the name sick care.

Current medical system is a great example of the famous saying: squeaky wheel gets the grease. People think of their health only when they feel pain or disability to function normally. When sick, they reluctantly visit a doctor. A doctor collects all data from the sick person to diagnose the person’s disease and suggests a prescription for fixing the disease using a medicine and other regimen that will help fix disease or ease the discomfort. In simple terms:

• The current Healthcare is episodic and disease-oriented Repair Paradigm.
• A patient feels that doctors have all the knowledge and resources to help them get back to normal health.
• There is little to no contact and information exchange between doctor’s visits.
• Healthcare is unique in not using technology to remove inefficiencies and empower people; needs a radical transformation.

If your car or plumbing in the house has a problem, you contact a specialist to diagnose and repair it. However, in all other cases the repair is done after patients consent to estimates and the result of the repair are explicitly stated and guaranteed. Not in healthcare.

Inhibiting the onset of illness is the ultimate goal of healthcare transformation. This is where preventative healthcare, also known as proactive healthcare, comes in. This approach focuses on encouraging and guiding individuals to take care of their minds and bodies in order to stay healthy, avoid or delay the onset of disease, and intercept diseases in their infancy before more invasive options become the only choice.

Many chronic diseases are preventable through lifestyle choices, early detection, and management of risk factors.

Health care is destined to become more complex and baffling to patients. Patients and families can easily become overwhelmed and confused as to what the right next step is in the plan of care.

We will help you navigate and suggests all possible routes to your desired goal state . Similarly, a Personal Health Navigator (PHN) may be designed to make navigation attractive and personalized for maintaining and achieving personal health goals.

The journey to a healthy state can be more unique, and some health-related factors can be more entirely under the person’s control.

WE CAN CREATE A SPACE for HEALTH OPTIMIZATION THAT’S SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS.

To find out more about making the shift from sick care to healthcare, schedule an appointment today.