Problem
The U.S. healthcare system prioritizes profit over patient health. While advanced testing and long-term research capabilities exist, the focus remains on profit-driven solutions rather than holistic, long-term health outcomes.
Current Challenges
Solutions like the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare for All proposals, and various state-level models (e.g., Maryland’s Total Cost of Care Model) offer improvements. However, these solutions are focused on industry-internal reforms and lack mechanisms to empower public engagement or foster external innovation.
The Blue Button Initiative is a step forward but falls short—it doesn’t provide public data or make information easily usable for applications.
Proposed Solution
- Data Transparency: Introduce a mandatory, standardized reporting system using APIs to make anonymized medical and research data publicly available.
- Collaboration with Free Enterprise: Enable independent developers and companies to use these APIs to create health-tracking and diagnostic applications that empower individuals.
- Empowering Patients: Provide tools for individuals to monitor their health trends, identify risks, and access tailored recommendations, whether through professional healthcare, nutrition, lifestyle or alternative methods.
- Privacy Assurance: Ensure strict anonymization and security protocols to protect individual data while enabling system-wide optimization.
- Self-Optimizing Ecosystem: Establish feedback loops to balance cost-efficiency for consumers with profitability for providers, driving innovation and sustainability.
Outcome
A transparent, self-optimizing healthcare ecosystem that minimizes patient costs, boosts provider efficiency, and drives innovation, aligning profit with better health outcomes.