The Career Mistake Healthcare Professionals Should Avoid

I saw this LinkedIn post this week:

Of course, I added “Health Policy” in the comments. 😊 

Others added some smart suggestions, like Business and Communications.

Here are ten reasons healthcare professionals should prioritize health policy education: 👀 

1. Career Advancement Support: Health policy expertise is increasingly valued in healthcare and health tech organizations.

2. Resource Allocation: Understanding health policy helps in making informed decisions about healthcare resource distribution and utilization.

3. Research Direction: Policy expertise helps guide research priorities and funding allocation in healthcare.

4. Stakeholder Engagement: Understanding policy, including others’ policy-driven incentives, helps in effectively engaging with various other healthcare stakeholders.

5. Technology Assessment: Policy knowledge helps when evaluating new healthcare technologies' impact and value.

6. Social Determinants of Health: Knowledge of healthy equity policy helps professionals address social determinants of health more effectively.

7. Innovation Integration: Policy knowledge guides the effective implementation of new healthcare technologies and treatment methods.

8. Payment Reform: Understanding policy is crucial for navigating and implementing healthcare payment reforms.

9. Workforce Development: Policy expertise guides healthcare workforce planning and development strategies.

10. Professional Development: Understanding policy trends helps clinicians adapt their skills to evolving healthcare needs.

I’m convinced (and I’m proof) that clinical knowledge plus health policy knowledge unlock wholly new professional and career opportunities.

No additional degree needed. 🧑‍🎓 

Here’s a free virtual event worth sharing 👇️ 

Primary care for high-need older adults and home-based care are two policy areas worth being familiar with. Value-based care arrangements that leverage the home as the site of care for high-needs individuals can have a big impact on the quality of care healthcare professionals can provide.

The Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy is Hosting this one hour event next week on an these topics. If you click the link, you will see the “register” button above the fold. Here’s a snip of the agenda:

And another free virtual event! 👇️ 

The Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) has been around a long time. There is renewed interest and opportunity in PACE programs. These programs mandate the inclusion of all parts of the care team so every PACE member receives personalized, whole-person, high-touch care (think along the lines of the hospice team makeup).

I myself am paying more attention to PACE. If you attend this virtual event, let me know what you think! ATI Advisory is a terrific research and consulting firm in D.C.

I also enjoyed this podcast episode recently, which covers PACE in detail. 👇️ 

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