Video / HealthMakers / Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH / How Much of a Challenge Will It Be to Move to a Healthcare System That Focuses on Prevention?

How Much of a Challenge Will It Be to Move to a Healthcare System That Focuses on Prevention?

How Much of a Challenge Will It Be to Move to a Healthcare System That Focuses on Prevention? (0:39)

The shift from sick care to preventative care is going to be a tricky transition, but many medical professionals are up to the challenge. HealthMaker Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH talks in this video about the roadblocks facing wellness success.

Read Transcript

Short term this is going to be challenging to move from a pay-for-procedure world to a world that says here are human beings, keep them well, provide quality care and you will be paid to do that. That is a very different system than the one we have now, but ultimately I don't know anyone who would argue against that transition, the arguments come around the best way to do that, the pace and how we provide healthcare for the vast numbers of people who today don't even have a healthcare provider, buy social insurance.