From donberwick and HarvardChanDean: American health care is broken. And American health care systems must transform radically to lead the repair
with the health care system, rather than the sheer volume of work, is behind provider burnout. And no wonder. Doctors and nurses pour their heart and soul into saving patients from a medical crisis, only to send them back out to communities where the lack of nutritious food, safe housing, affordable childcare, mental health counseling and so much more all but guarantees another medical crisis within weeks. It’s dispiriting and demoralizing.
In the short term, we hope a full-fledged effort by health care systems to address the upstream drivers of poor health will energize providers. In the long term, we are certain that it will pay real dividends in improving not just the well-being of individuals, but also the welfare of our nation. The poor state of Americans’ health takes a heavy toll on productivity, the economy, and even national security. Tackling the social drivers of health has the potential to unleash tremendous growth.
This list below raises an obvious question: Do hospitals have any business working to bolster voting rights or to reform the prison system? Our unequivocal answer: Absolutely, they do, maybe not always as the leaders, but as active and generous convenors and participants. We recognize that we are proposing nothing less than a fundamental shift in the business model of American health care. This will be hard work. It will take decades. But it must be done. Any less is a dereliction of health care’s duty.Universal healthcare coverageFood security,, including evidence-based methods for ending chronic homelessness., including the 10 million undocumented migrants in the U.S., who often lack access to preventive care.
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