Humanizing Healthcare & The Need for a System, Not an Industry: Interview with Dr. Zeev Neuwirth
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Dr. Zeev Neuwirth is on a mission to create help humanize healthcare and create a healthcare system vs a healthcare industry.
In this fascinating interview, Zeev shares why we aren’t focused on the wellness model, but why that needs to change in order to sustain healthcare in the US. He also shares the role of leadership (vs. being a leader), and how the shift in healthcare is possible.
Zeev has written two books, Reframing Healthcare and Beyond the Walls, and also hosts a popular podcast, Creating a New Healthcare.
Connect with Zeev: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeevneuwirth/
Purchase Zeev’s books or hear his podcast: https://zeevneuwirthhealth.com
Topical timecodes:
1:22 - Why we aren’t focused on on wellness, and instead focus on the disease model
5:33 - Healthcare is an industry not a system
8:28 - A Fundamental issue is leadership
13:23 - How to make the change, ChenMed as an example
21:24 - How to create the new generation of leaders and foster leadership
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