A New Way of Working- How Clinicians + Technology Will Solve Our Healthcare Crisis⁠↗

Whether in a rural town with limited provider options, an underserved community without quality clinics, or a bustling metropolis with shockingly few available doctor’s appointments, too many people cannot access the care they need, when they need it.

Despite the emphasis on “digital,” the success of this movement rests on the people delivering care: knowledgeable, passionate, caring doctors and nurses. Yet because the system treats clinicians as commodities — when they are actually highly skilled, empathetic professionals — they are burning out and opting out at alarming rates, citing growing administrative burdens, distracting bureaucracy, and increasing employment restrictions. According to the Medscape National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report 2020, nearly half of U.S. physicians reported feeling exhaustion, cynicism, feelings of detachment, and lack of a sense of personal accomplishment.