MedCity News June 4, 2024
Reacting to an adverse medical event after it has progressed to causing the patient to seek medical help is the least opportune time to address the underlying disease.
One of our healthcare system’s biggest challenges is moving beyond the current break-and-fix model, where physicians’ hands are tied until abnormalities arise. Only when an illness or condition presents itself does the system spring into action. Reacting to an adverse medical event after it has progressed to causing the patient to seek medical help is the least opportune time to address the underlying disease. Today’s science allows far more intelligent approaches that enable interdiction before the disease develops or early in the disease process when it is most easily dealt with.
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