Healthcare Reform Needs Change in Mindset along with Innovation

Abstract

Various sectors have shown tremendous progress in the United States, driven by technological advancements, consumer demand, regulatory changes, and innovation. The healthcare sector has made significant strides in precision medicine, telehealth, and biotechnology, including breakthroughs in genomic sequencing and CRISPR technology. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of telehealth services and highlighted the importance of biotechnology in developing vaccines and treatments. However, healthcare delivery is still the biggest challenge and there is less or inconsistent improvement in the quality of the healthcare. Health care is not only a scientific and social issue; it is an economic and political issue as well [1-4]. Despite consistent efforts, policy changes, and reform models, healthcare quality is an unsolved puzzle. It’s a vicious circle and hard to break unless a fresh outlook has not been taken. The healthcare cost is the biggest factor adding fuel to healthcare access and quality. At the same time, Healthcare is not as easy as other sectors which have some finite and tangible aspects. Healthcare deals with the most vulnerable aspects of human existence: birth, death, suffering, uncertainty in the face of disease, evolving human conditions, environmental changes, disease variants, and their biological responses [4]. This paper will focus on reforming the healthcare sentiments to “achieve higher quality with less cost”, and this can only be possible by changing our mindset.