Reconstructing Healthcare: Innovative Solutions For Employers To Lower Their Healthcare Costs

Topics: Misaligned Incentives Traditional Primary Care Virtual Primary Care Telemedicine Consumer Experience Provider-Patient Relationship Employee engagement Downstream Cost Savings   In this episode, Michael introduces you to Dr. Jay Parkinson, Founder and CEO of Sherpaa. Join us as we discuss how Sherpaa, a virtual primary care practice, provides improved primary care access and high-quality care through an innovative digital platform designed to deliver a better experience for both providers and patients. Here’s a glance at what we discuss in this episode: How misaligned incentives, middlemen in the supply chain of healthcare attempting to maximize profit and complexity impacts cost in our healthcare system Dr. Parkinson’s perspective on problems with the traditional primary care model and the “office visit” model How Sherpaa redesigned processes of getting care and communication practices between primary care providers and patients Why a primary care provider would abandon the t