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Welcoming Health Care to the 2020s | Justin McClain | TEDxValparaisoUniversity

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The United States is currently ranked 37th for overall health system performance by the World Health Organization, yet we spend drastically more than any other country on our health care. Compared to other industrialized nations, we have the most preventable deaths and hospitalizations, lowest life expectancy, fewer physicians, and our chronic disease and obesity burden is twice the world average. We have also seen that our COVID-19 response has been far from adequate when compared to the rest of the world. It is time to reimagine and reform the United States’ health care system. Reforming the health care system is a lofty task and involves many different cogs interlocking perfectly, so my TEDxValparaisoUniversity Talk focuses on one of the cogs: technology. The smarter use of technology and bringing the United States’ health care system up to date can improve health outcomes and the system performance indicators previously mentioned. There has  …...more
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Welcoming Health Care to the 2020s | Justin McClain | TEDxValparaisoUniversity
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2021Mar 16
The United States is currently ranked 37th for overall health system performance by the World Health Organization, yet we spend drastically more than any other country on our health care. Compared to other industrialized nations, we have the most preventable deaths and hospitalizations, lowest life expectancy, fewer physicians, and our chronic disease and obesity burden is twice the world average. We have also seen that our COVID-19 response has been far from adequate when compared to the rest of the world. It is time to reimagine and reform the United States’ health care system. Reforming the health care system is a lofty task and involves many different cogs interlocking perfectly, so my TEDxValparaisoUniversity Talk focuses on one of the cogs: technology. The smarter use of technology and bringing the United States’ health care system up to date can improve health outcomes and the system performance indicators previously mentioned. There has been tremendous success in other industrialized as well as developing countries that have implemented technology like apps that locate health resources such as ADEs and MRI machines, websites that share hospital capacity and physician availability, and databases that merge an individual’s health records from different health care facilities. In a country of over 320 million people, it is vital to have a connected health care system. Technology can achieve that connection and much more. Justin McClain is a senior public health major at Valparaiso University. Alongside his academics, he is the President of the Public Health Student Association, Vice President of the University Programming Council, and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha. Outside of the classroom, his passion for public health has been molded to what it is today by interning with the Illinois Department of Public Health and Heartland Alliance, attending conferences on global health and emergency preparedness, and, of course, watching TED Talks. Justin plans to continue his education after his undergraduate studies and receive his Master of Public Health with a concentration in Global Health. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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