How and Why We Fail Patients, and What’s Required For Change, with Dr. Yele Aluko, MD, MBA
Inside The Doctor's LoungeShow Notes
In this episode, Dr. Nisha Mehta is joined by Dr. Yele Aluko, MD, MBA. Dr. Aluko has been a health system executive, Chief Medical Officer at Ernst and Young Americas, and now healthcare strategist and Founder of Aluko Advisors.
They discuss:
How patients are the most important industry stakeholder, and where the industry falls short in serving them and why
What physicians need to learn about the the complexity of and incentives within our current healthcare model in order to enact change
Why the momentum for Physician Side Gigs actually reflects a policy gap and a correction for a misaligned model
How much collective power physicians have if they leverage it effectively, and how we can together advocate for the dismantling of the current structure to move towards one that better serves both patients and clinicians
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