The Survey To Fix American Healthcare

1.

(OPTIONAL) How many episodes of the Fixing Healthcare podcast have you listened to so far (or read via transcript)?

0 (none)

1-2

3-4

5+

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(OPTIONAL) How did you first learn about the Fixing Healthcare podcast (if other than this survey)?

3.

Please select up to three (3) solutions from the eighteen (18) listed below that you believe would have the most powerful and positive impact on American healthcare.

1. More primary-care docs and “health coaches.” Fewer specialists/hospitals. (ZDoggMD)

2. Pay docs based on value/quality of care, not number of services provided. (ZDoggMD)

3. Offer more digital-care choices: video visits, email with docs, etc. (ZDoggMD)

4. Remove red tape from medical claims/billings to save billions annually. (Dr. Fischer-Wright)

5. Simplify “prior authorization” so docs can spend more time with patients. (Dr. Fischer-Wright)

6. Create “empowered partnerships” between healthcare players and patients. (Dr. Fischer-Wright)

7. Close most hospitals and reassign docs to healthcare roles in the community. (Dr. Feinberg)

8. Give free/healthy food to disadvantaged patients living with Type 2 diabetes. (Dr. Feinberg)

9. Free transportation to/from medical appointments for all patients. (Dr. Feinberg)

10. Universal and equitable coverage for all U.S. citizens. (Dr. Topol)

11. Use machine learning, AI and remote monitoring to reduce hospitalizations. (Dr. Topol)

12. Pay docs a salary to eliminate incentives for wasteful care. (Dr. Topol)

13. Make “triple aim” a national goal: better care, better health, lower costs. (Dr. Berwick)

14. Reduce number of “performance metrics” for docs by 75%. (Dr. Berwick)

15. Let community leaders allocate healthcare dollars where needed. (Dr. Berwick)

16. Medicare Advantage For All: Gov’t pays for privately run insurance plans. (Ian Morrison)

17. Restrict spending on new medications and devices that add little value. (Ian Morrison)

18. Cap the U.S. healthcare inflation rate at no more than annual increase in GDP. (Ian Morrison)

Q4: In 200 words or fewer, tell us what change(s) you would make as "Leader of American Healthcare." We may share your comments during Season 2 of the Fixing Healthcare podcast, which begins February 2019.

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