New treatment adoption has its hurdles. Payers and health plans are only willing to adopt new treatments if they know the estimated costs/benefits. And provider organization management teams stay focused on sustaining revenues through fee-for-service billing if a new treatment tool is used. In addition to those hurdles, we know that it’s challenging to change the practices of clinical professionals.
The net effect of these combined forces creates the 17-year lag from science to practice in the health care field. Without clinical adoption and financial alignment among the stakeholders (through some non-fee-for-service funding models), that 17-year wait time will likely continue.
This session will explore:
- How to gain buy in with clinicians to adopt and use new technologies for consumer care
- How to gain buy in with consumers to engage in new technologies to improve their life and health
- Examples of new technologies for consumer engagement that increase independence in self care