Opinion: How the U.S. health care system is like a Jackson Pollock painting
It's important to better connect the health care ecosystem so that we more effectively and holistically support patients — particularly the vulnerable and underserved.
When I envision the U.S. health care system, the first thing that comes to mind is a Jackson Pollock painting: splashes of color chaotically surrounding white space. The splashes of color represent existing health care venues and resources; the white space represents the gaps across our system that prevent patients from gaining the right access and the right support to improve their health.
Plenty of solutions have come to market in an effort to improve the delivery of health care. But most are aimed at filling the white space rather than organizing the chaos and better coordinating care delivery among the splashes of color. They are saying, “Hey, I’ll take this one area of white space — this one disease, this one organ, this one unfilled niche — and develop a solution to effectively address it.”
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