Submit your great idea for the Joy of Medicine challenge
An online competition aims to elicit new ideas on how to ease the burden of paperwork and other business-related activities that physicians say are hampering their ability to develop meaningful relationships with patients.
The Geneia Joy of Medicine Challenge is for U.S.-licensed doctors and medical students and came about from a Geneia survey of 400 physicians, which revealed that 87 percent of physicians believe the “business and regulation of healthcare” has changed the practice of medicine for the worse.
“Our survey found that most physicians love what they do, but are increasingly frustrated by time constraints brought on by paperwork to meet compliance and operational requirements,” said Heather Lavoie, Geneia’s COO, in a release. “Who better to ask for suggestions on how to minimize these burdens than the doctors themselves? The Challenge is a quick and easy way to submit ideas to restore the joy of medicine and start an online dialogue with other physicians.”
To date, responses have included establishing a pool of physician leaders to advocate for physician- and patient-focused changes to healthcare, projecting the EHR during a patient visit, introducing automated ‘wallet cards’ that include all pertinent patient information and would be updated each time a patient visits their physician--an idea that has generated the most physician votes and comments.
Judging for the challenge will be done by a panel of physician judges in combination with peer-sourced, online voting. The winner in each of the three categories – the EHR of the Future, Population Health, and Joy of Medicine - will receive a $1,000 cash prize and be invited to a live pitch-off in front of their peers on June 8 at MATTER, Chicago’s newly launched healthcare technology incubator for next-generation health IT, medical device, diagnostics and biopharma companies. The winner of the live pitch off will receive in-kind Geneia consulting resources valued at $5,000 to help develop their idea.
The deadline for submitting ideas is May 6. Visit the challenge site for more information.
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