Dr. Erica Crew –Family Physician
Overview of the Interview
How have Health Care Professionals and Provider been impacted by COVID 19?
What are they doing differently, personally and professionally to respond to the pandemic?
Decline in spending on healthcare in the past 3 months.
Restrictions on elective procedures.
Some hospitals and medical practices strapped for cash.
Tele- medicine, an opportunity?
Use of technology and integration (shared data) to pivot and increase efficiency.
Fee for Service model versus Value-based Primary Care model (subscription)
What is the new normal for Health Care, going forward? Public and Private care.
Altruism versus solidarity.
Public Health Care versus Private Health Care.
Impact on minorities in Florida.
Re-training Health Care professionals in a new way of thinking and responding.
Need for ‘Outside the box thinking’ because COVID 19 is not going away anytime soon.