In the last year and a half, we have seen a complete shift in the Healthcare industry. Doctors and Nurses are putting their necks out there to do all they can to treat all the patients they can reach who have contracted the COVID19 virus. The change in how the medical field has been viewed for decades where it was once a field to cure patients now has become a battlefield with these courageous doctors and nurses taking the fight to the virus. Because of their fight along with the labs and government working together to control the virus outbreaks, we can get some semblance of a normal life back.
Countless unnecessary tests run that result in a clean bill of health, but they still claim various possible other outcomes that can be ‘prevented’ with suggested medicines. Currently there is a very real lack of trust between patients and family practitioners. Is change always good?
Health insurance companies should consider stepping into the middleman’s territory. As trust between patient and doctor continues to break, the health insurance agencies have a window of opportunity here. Now more than ever patients are being told to bear more of the cost for treatment or pay in advance for nonemergency treatment and while some can pay the amount, there is growing concern over unpaid bills. Health Insurance companies should work on gaining their client’s trust back. Hire the retired doctors to be adviser options for the Health Insurance clients. Let them get another input, one from someone with years of experience who worked in the medical field. This would result in clients trusting the same health insurance for decades and bringing in a new source of customers.
A few questions to ponder:
The concerns in the healthcare industry are very big right now. Labor shortage due to burnout, cybersecurity concerns due to the huge increase in data collected, and global supply chain delays caused by the pandemic, are very stressful concerns. If you would like a report on these topics in the article, or others, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us so that we can provide you a personalized Elohim Report for your company.
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