Revolutions in healthcare are more than ever based on large amounts of data and information – on technology and skill. But how do data and information ensure that patients remain at the center of care, where they feel supported with every step of their healthcare journey? In this episode of Physician’s Weekly, Peter Hofland, Ph.D., talks with Summer Knight, MD, MBA, a Managing Director in the Life Science and Healthcare Consulting Practice at Deloitte about her bold new vision for healthcare that puts people first. [1]

Also in this episode of Physician's Weekly:

- Paul Schmidt asked Abdullah Albeyatti, MBBS BSc MRCS (ENT) MRCGP, a doctor working in the United Kingdom’s National Health Services (NHS) who is the Chair of the Royal College of GPs in Yorkshire, England, and the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MyClinic, about telemedicine and how this has impacted the medical practice in the United Kingdom and around the world. They also talk about what physicians in the United States may learn from Dr. Albeyatti's experience.

- Rachel Giles MD spoke with Benjamin S. Kornitzer, MD, Chief Medical and Quality Officer at Agilon Health, and Linda Odenigbo, MD, about the "Roll Up Our Sleeves" campaign, a combined effort of primary care physicians representing more than 50 independent physician practices across the country.

And finally, in 2020 both medical professionals and patients not only faced a COVID-19 pandemic but also an infodemic of misinformation and disinformation. What are the consequences of believing this misinformation and how are misconceptions about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the virus that causes COVID-19, associated with a lower likelihood of engaging in preventive behavior and a lower willingness to be vaccinated? In a Perspective published in the May 12, 2021 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) David Scales, M.D., Ph.D., Jack Gorman, M.D., and Kathleen H. Jamieson, Ph.D., write about an approach to counteract deceptions and misconceptions – an approach that parallels epidemiologic models. [2]

Reference
[1] Knight S. Humanizing Healthcare; Hardwire Humanity into the Future of Health. McGraw-Hill Education; 1st edition (April 12, 2021); ISBN-13 : 978-1264267279 https://amzn.to/3vhXKru
[2] Scales D, Gorman J, Jamieson KH. The Covid-19 Infodemic - Applying the Epidemiologic Model to Counter Misinformation. N Engl J Med. 2021 May 12. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2103798. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33979506.