In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Kameron Matthews, MD, JD, and Chief Health Officer of IMPaCT Care and former Chief Health Officer at CityBlock Health and former Chief Medical Officer of the US Department of Veterans Affairs..
They discuss:
- How her unique combination of the MD and JD degrees shaped and supported her throughout her career trajectory
- Value based care, direct primary care, and other emerging models within primary care, and pros and cons of each
- Whether or not traditional large institutions are the best place for primary care delivery or fixing access to care issues
- Where we need to start when trying to fix healthcare, and how it takes reframing what we mean about the practice of primary care
- How incorporating technology is going to be key to ensuring access to meaningful care as physician shortages amplify and patient needs increase
- What tech companies and institutions are getting wrong when designing solutions for primary care, and how clinicians in tech will play a critical role in fixing this
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