Dr. Anand Parekh

And particularly with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Like you said, you were there operating on the downstream consequences of all this stuff. And you're like, wait a minute, maybe we better figure out a way to not get these people on my operating table.

And particularly with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Like you said, you were there operating on the downstream consequences of all this stuff. And you're like, wait a minute, maybe we better figure out a way to not get these people on my operating table.

And a lot of the work you're doing now in Nashville with Nashville Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is focused on population health and how the social determinants, which are

And a lot of the work you're doing now in Nashville with Nashville Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is focused on population health and how the social determinants, which are

And a lot of the work you're doing now in Nashville with Nashville Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is focused on population health and how the social determinants, which are

food and your housing and your economic opportunities, all the things that we don't think are that important, which may make up to 80% of the difference in your health and your, you know, actual health quality of life and productivity. You know, what do you see is required for the government to sort of really shift to say, wait a minute, we're focusing on the wrong end of the stick here.

food and your housing and your economic opportunities, all the things that we don't think are that important, which may make up to 80% of the difference in your health and your, you know, actual health quality of life and productivity. You know, what do you see is required for the government to sort of really shift to say, wait a minute, we're focusing on the wrong end of the stick here.

food and your housing and your economic opportunities, all the things that we don't think are that important, which may make up to 80% of the difference in your health and your, you know, actual health quality of life and productivity. You know, what do you see is required for the government to sort of really shift to say, wait a minute, we're focusing on the wrong end of the stick here.

Yes, we need to, you know, maintain our best healthcare system in the world and the high quality of acute care medicine. But if we're really going to solve the health disparities, the economic impact of chronic disease, the fact that six out of 10 Americans suffer from a chronic disease, four out of 10 have two, and in a few years, 83 million will have three or more chronic diseases.

Yes, we need to, you know, maintain our best healthcare system in the world and the high quality of acute care medicine. But if we're really going to solve the health disparities, the economic impact of chronic disease, the fact that six out of 10 Americans suffer from a chronic disease, four out of 10 have two, and in a few years, 83 million will have three or more chronic diseases.

Yes, we need to, you know, maintain our best healthcare system in the world and the high quality of acute care medicine. But if we're really going to solve the health disparities, the economic impact of chronic disease, the fact that six out of 10 Americans suffer from a chronic disease, four out of 10 have two, and in a few years, 83 million will have three or more chronic diseases.

And, you know, this will be metabolic health, you know, only being 12% of the population, 88% are not healthy. How do we start to shift our focus and share some of the work you're doing there because it's so important and it's such a different framework for how we solve these problems than just more access to care and better financing and better efficiencies.

And, you know, this will be metabolic health, you know, only being 12% of the population, 88% are not healthy. How do we start to shift our focus and share some of the work you're doing there because it's so important and it's such a different framework for how we solve these problems than just more access to care and better financing and better efficiencies.

And, you know, this will be metabolic health, you know, only being 12% of the population, 88% are not healthy. How do we start to shift our focus and share some of the work you're doing there because it's so important and it's such a different framework for how we solve these problems than just more access to care and better financing and better efficiencies.

It's flipping the whole problem on its head.

It's flipping the whole problem on its head.

It's flipping the whole problem on its head.

It's true. And the thing that you talked about in terms of medically tailored meals is such a great example of an out-of-the-box intervention that works better than anything else. And you see that with the homeless population, providing them housing, literally paying for their apartments, reduces healthcare costs dramatically and is actually an economic benefit.

It's true. And the thing that you talked about in terms of medically tailored meals is such a great example of an out-of-the-box intervention that works better than anything else. And you see that with the homeless population, providing them housing, literally paying for their apartments, reduces healthcare costs dramatically and is actually an economic benefit.

It's true. And the thing that you talked about in terms of medically tailored meals is such a great example of an out-of-the-box intervention that works better than anything else. And you see that with the homeless population, providing them housing, literally paying for their apartments, reduces healthcare costs dramatically and is actually an economic benefit.