Dr. Karen Murphy: We need to be cautious in the use of technology to prevent increase in total costs of care

September 03, 2019 00:21:24
Dr. Karen Murphy: We need to be cautious in the use of technology to prevent increase in total costs of care
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Dr. Karen Murphy: We need to be cautious in the use of technology to prevent increase in total costs of care

Sep 03 2019 | 00:21:24

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Show Notes

In this episode, Karen Murphy discusses her role as the first Chief Innovation Officer and the Founding Director of the Steele Institute for Health Innovation at Geisinger, and how they are working towards lowering the costs and improving quality for the overall welfare of members and patients. Innovation at Geisinger means taking a fundamentally different approach to solving a problem that has quantifiable outcomes. According to Karen, focusing on specific problems like price and quality will move the needle in a meaningful way. Currently, the innovation team at Geisinger is developing a new care model that leverages AI and machine learning, along with remote monitoring for a more holistic approach towards patients. Karen also believes intelligent bots will help decrease overall cost of care as they are more efficient. However, while adopting new technologies we need to be careful and prevent increase in the total costs of care due to technology.

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