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Embracing Telehealth and Preventive Healthcare
Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, senior managing director for Accenture’s global health business, said in remarks issued today with the report cited below. “With no end to this type of investment insight, there’s an enormous opportunity for companies to offer fast, convenient and customized user-experiences that ultimately improve the patient experience and outcomes.”
Safavi further sees the nation’s healthcare ecosystem, already shifting from pay-per-service to a value-based platform, embracing preventive healthcare and care management.
Report: Telehealth Will Be a Billion-Dollar Industry By 2018 by Eric Wicklund
This article was written in 2016. December 2018 is here and almost gone. My passion is designing a user-friendly telehealth model before the healthcare industry designs it for the US. The questions that swirl in my mind are; What will this look like? Who will this model serve best? How should the healthcare system interface with this model? How can the individual take control of the data and seek out the appropriate individual plan?
In my opinion, the key is to have a plan that focuses on Prevention and not the Cure.
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Dr. Susan Mazzei is a skilled dentist specializing in prosthodontics. A
graduate of Northwestern
University Dental School, she completed a Certification in Prosthodontics before joining
the
faculty of Northwestern University Dental School as a Clinical Assistant Professor, where she
served for 12 years and became Assistant Professor Emeritus. Dr. Mazzei believes that excellent
oral health begins with education and prevention and is committed to continuing her education.
She is a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach, a Charter Fellow in the American Academy of
Oral Systemic Health (AAOSH), and has completed the Bale and Doneen Method Preceptorship
Program.
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Dr. Kelsey Esposito worked in healthcare advertising and communications before
realizing that
her passions were dentistry and patient care. She holds a BA in Economics and Fine Art from
Kalamazoo
College, a Premedicine Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from Northwestern University,
and a Doctor of Dental Medicine from The University of Illinois in Chicago. She is a member
of
the American Dental Association (ADA), Chicago Dental Society (CDS), Illinois Dental Society
(IDS), Academy of General Dentistry, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, and AAOSH.
Dr. Marco Fajardo is a graduate of Northwestern University Dental School, where
he also served
as a part-time Assistant Clinical Instructor. He was a member of the University Dental
Associates of the University of Chicago too. In 1994, he formed the basis of West
Suburban Oral
Healthcare with Dr. Mazzei. He is now its Team Leader.
Dr. Ashley Nguyen studied at the University of Buffalo and Midwestern University in Downers
Grove, IL (dental school). She is a member of the ADA, CDS, IDS, and other local organizations.
She continues her education by attending dental conferences and seminars.