Guest columnist Todd Ellis, Principal of Healthhand Government Solutions Practice at DHA, KPMG
Access to health care and medical resources is often a top priority these days. Whether related to the COVID-19 pandemic, health insurance, prescription drug costs, or the difficulty of navigating the system, healthcare plays an important role in our daily lives. Today, we also recognize that there are still barriers that can affect medical access in previously underserved communities.
Todd Ellis
Proud to live in Atlanta, I want to use my knowledge and resources to improve my community. I am a medical industry expert with a passion for diversity, fairness and inclusiveness. My work experience and knowledge, coupled with my goals and interests, has led to some great opportunities for partnership.
One of the reasons I’ve enjoyed my work over the years is that KPMG prioritizes collaboration with local organizations that share our values and work to improve the community. Our work with Morehouse School of Medicine is a good example of building stronger relationships and communities.
Dr. Dominique Mack, director of MSM’s National Primary Care Center, is an integral partner in the collaboration between KPMG and MSM. Based in Atlanta, MSM offers excellent training for underrated students to become doctors, biomedical scientists, and public health professionals. MSM has collaborated with KPMG to create a discussion series as part of an ongoing effort to provide students and the larger Atlanta community with an innovative and unique experience.
The discussion will focus on KPMG’s subject matter experts and focus on addressing the need to improve the user experience for physicians, staff and patients using technology, data and analytics. The goal is to share information with MSM students and community leaders, address inequality, and discuss the latest innovations in the technology and healthcare industry.
The mission of the Morehouse School of Medicine focuses on training medical professionals and providing medical services to “colored and poorly serviced urban and rural people in Georgia.” (Photo courtesy of KPMG)
This series of learning focuses on ensuring better trained clinicians and faculty in the healthcare business, which goes far beyond the classroom and clinical business. We believe that providing such training will heal and treat the community in a more comprehensive way, taking into account all areas that affect how healthcare is delivered.
The series began in mid-February and discussed the need for digital front doors and a more modern and streamlined approach to staff-patient interaction. From a health care consumer’s perspective, navigating the best path to care is not always easy. And in many cases, patients are responsible for conducting independent research and finding appropriate resources to access information about primary care providers, pharmacies, and so on. Discussions will elaborate on this process and leverage technology to provide better medical access to historically underserved communities and provide a more robust user experience for everyone involved. Focused on how to support.
I am proud to be able to train future healthcare professionals and partner with the Atlanta community and beyond. There are many innovative approaches to better support underserved people and create better experiences both inside and outside the clinical environment of patients and staff.
KPMG will continue to work with MSM until December to innovate health equity, use automation and artificial intelligence in healthcare, healthcare operations, performance improvements, healthcare planning, the future of healthcare, and the use of data to drive it. Discuss additional topics. Change. Ultimately, the hope of these discussions is to leverage our existing knowledge and resources to generate more informed physicians, better access to medical care, and better medical outcomes. In order to better support the underserved community, we need to continue these conversations and promote awareness of these important topics.
