Below is the second part of our #PWChat recap, “The Drivers of Increasing Healthcare Costs.”
Question 7
Q7: What/who else has played a major role in driving up #healthcare costs, and how? #PWChat
— Physician’s Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 22, 2017
A7: I think Drs, Med device manufacturers & health IT need to take some responsibility. Drs need to have an active policy voice #PWChat
— Alex M. McDonald, MD (@AlexMMTri) June 22, 2017
Question 8
Q8: What are the biggest obstacles in trying to avoid continually increasing healthcare costs? #PWChat
— Physician’s Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 22, 2017
A8. For profit insurance companies and drug manufacturers. They are not incentivized to rein in cost. #PWchat
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
Knowing the price! Virtually no one–not patient, not Dr. not hospital–knows the price. You can’t monitor what you can’t see. #PWchat https://t.co/EnpBIMxLiS
— Brad Holland MD FACS (@DrBradHolland) June 22, 2017
A8: Integrating social & health policy, as well behavior & lifestyle medicine into #MedEd & practice. Building robust primary care #PWChat
— Alex M. McDonald, MD (@AlexMMTri) June 22, 2017
Question 9
Q9: How can clinicians help address healthcare costs on individual, community, & national levels? #PWChat
— Physician’s Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 22, 2017
T9 IMHO the best way is to engage w/ Pts, form collaborative relationships. Adopt universal clinical language they understand. #PWchat
— ShereeseM, MS/MBA (@ShereesePubHlth) June 22, 2017
A9. On the individual level, by knowing costs and trying to prescribe less expensive alternatives that equally effective. #PWchat
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
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A9. On the community level, by working with patients to educate them about costs. #SharedDecisonMaking #PWchat.
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
A9. On the national level by letting lawmakers know what the reality is in the exam room.#PWchat
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
Question 10
Q10: What role should the government play, if any, in helping solve increasing healthcare costs? #PWChat
— Physician’s Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 22, 2017
T10 The best way 4 the Gvt to help drive down costs is 2 get their noses out of healthcare.Empower Pts & Physicians 2 make decisions #PWchat
— ShereeseM, MS/MBA (@ShereesePubHlth) June 22, 2017
A10. Knowing what they are regulating and how it impacts patient care before passing bills #PWchat
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
A10. Remove burdensome rules/regs and admin related need for administrators. Do real, not meaningless “quality” initiatives #PWChat
— Nicholas DiNubile MD (@drnickUSA) June 22, 2017
Question 11
Q11: What can clinicians tell their patients to do to help keep healthcare costs down? #PWChat
— Physician’s Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 22, 2017
A11. Asking patients to ask for generics when possible. #PWchat
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
A11. Asking patients not to use the emergency room unless it is a true emergency. #PWchat
— Linda Girgis, MD (@DrLindaMD) June 22, 2017
A11: KJ Lee, MD offers a 9-point plan in @MedEconomics: https://t.co/AWkTA88Mi7#PWChat
— Physician’s Weekly (@physicianswkly) June 22, 2017
