Jason Taylor

I think there's been a few advances or kind of investments made by some systems toward the point you just made, which is how do we change a little bit of how we approach care or the modality of care for some of those more remote communities? There's been some work done, some research that says patients that are served

I think there's been a few advances or kind of investments made by some systems toward the point you just made, which is how do we change a little bit of how we approach care or the modality of care for some of those more remote communities? There's been some work done, some research that says patients that are served

in their own communities surrounded by their families and support systems tend to have better outcomes. So you've got a few people, a few systems that are investing in hybrid remote visit or hybrid telecare type of models.

in their own communities surrounded by their families and support systems tend to have better outcomes. So you've got a few people, a few systems that are investing in hybrid remote visit or hybrid telecare type of models.

And so the idea is – and there's one example that I can think of from Providence, for example, which is out of Seattle, but they serve a lot of rural Washington and surrounding states – where they're using a hybrid of telehealth to bring specialty care to the point of care to enable a responding doctor to deal with something.

And so the idea is – and there's one example that I can think of from Providence, for example, which is out of Seattle, but they serve a lot of rural Washington and surrounding states – where they're using a hybrid of telehealth to bring specialty care to the point of care to enable a responding doctor to deal with something.

The idea being if something goes wrong, the last thing we want to do is put you on an ambulance or a helicopter and move you to the big building. We want to do a better job of enabling people at point of care so that the responding physician has the support of that specialist that doesn't live there, but it is remote and it's kind of a three-legged approach to the patient.

The idea being if something goes wrong, the last thing we want to do is put you on an ambulance or a helicopter and move you to the big building. We want to do a better job of enabling people at point of care so that the responding physician has the support of that specialist that doesn't live there, but it is remote and it's kind of a three-legged approach to the patient.

One of the challenges we've seen, and it's inhibiting a little bit of the investment in it, is we've had inconsistent funding, too, from a policy perspective. So the CMS engines just extended a little bit their coverage for telehealth. That's not locked in. I mean, obviously that needs to become a more permanent part of the budget.

One of the challenges we've seen, and it's inhibiting a little bit of the investment in it, is we've had inconsistent funding, too, from a policy perspective. So the CMS engines just extended a little bit their coverage for telehealth. That's not locked in. I mean, obviously that needs to become a more permanent part of the budget.

And so there are some systems kind of waiting, keeping their powder dry, so to speak, around how far they want to go into this until there's some guarantee of reimbursement on the back end. But certainly the people who are leaning in have shown some pretty good results.

And so there are some systems kind of waiting, keeping their powder dry, so to speak, around how far they want to go into this until there's some guarantee of reimbursement on the back end. But certainly the people who are leaning in have shown some pretty good results.

And I think the more creative we can get using tech to bring care to where people are, that's pretty exciting because, you know, my personal belief is, you know, you can say what you want about entitlement or access to care, who needs it. We need a healthy workforce.

And I think the more creative we can get using tech to bring care to where people are, that's pretty exciting because, you know, my personal belief is, you know, you can say what you want about entitlement or access to care, who needs it. We need a healthy workforce.

We need healthy people in all elements of our society and our economy, because as we saw through COVID, when we don't have that, it's a problem for all of us, irrespective of how they got care or why they got covered. If somebody delivering your groceries is sick or driving your Uber is sick, you're very likely to get sick. We can't compete as a country even if we don't have a healthy population.

We need healthy people in all elements of our society and our economy, because as we saw through COVID, when we don't have that, it's a problem for all of us, irrespective of how they got care or why they got covered. If somebody delivering your groceries is sick or driving your Uber is sick, you're very likely to get sick. We can't compete as a country even if we don't have a healthy population.

I would say, having been down this path kind of as a more mature entrant to the U.S. market and the health care market, I would say invest in relationships. You know, most of what happens in healthcare is done by really, really good people, really mission driven, you know, people who want to do healthcare because they want to make a difference in the world.

I would say, having been down this path kind of as a more mature entrant to the U.S. market and the health care market, I would say invest in relationships. You know, most of what happens in healthcare is done by really, really good people, really mission driven, you know, people who want to do healthcare because they want to make a difference in the world.

I think that the more you invest in the people you surround yourself with, the more you invest in the right relationships with good, similar minded people who are just trying to make a difference, you know, the more that comes and pays back and even pay it forward. If you see an opportunity to help somebody, take it because it will come back to you. It's not a very big community.

I think that the more you invest in the people you surround yourself with, the more you invest in the right relationships with good, similar minded people who are just trying to make a difference, you know, the more that comes and pays back and even pay it forward. If you see an opportunity to help somebody, take it because it will come back to you. It's not a very big community.