How Tech Can Fix The American Healthcare System With Sheila Phicil
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The social and economic inequity in the United States is clearly evident just by looking at the current state of the American healthcare system. It is broken in so many areas and highly ineffective in addressing the actual needs of the people, leaving many citizens to live in constant suffering. Thankfully, today’s tech innovations could offer some solutions to this massive problem. Joining Corinna Bellizzi is social change futurist Sheila Phicil, founder of Phicil-itate Change LLC, who is building a blockchain-powered platform that could fix the many issues of the healthcare system. She explains why the main problem lies in the blatant disregard for values, not in the lack of financial support. Sheila also offers some ways of making healthcare equally accessible to everyone, even to people of color, underserved communities, and minority groups who are always exploited when it comes to well-being.
About Guest:
Sheila Phicil is a social change futurist™, health equity expert, and founder of Phicil-itate Change LLC, empowering social innovators to create measurable impact. With 15+ years of experience driving healthcare transformation at institutions like Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Boston Medical Center, Sheila integrates professional and lived experience to advance health equity. She holds dual Master’s degrees in Public Health and Financial Economics, is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Her COMPASS Project, a blockchain- and AI-enabled platform for patient engagement, was selected for the CIC Social Impact Cohort. Sheila is also a recognized speaker on AI-driven healthcare solutions and social innovation.
Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-phicil/
Guest Website: https://phicil-itatechange.com/
Guest Social: https://www.youtube.com/@phicil-itate_change
Show Notes: Raw audio
- Working At The Intersection Of Healthcare And Equity - 02:13
- The Problem With Privatized Healthcare system - 06:23
- How Technology Can Change The Healthcare System - 18:15
- Ending Exploitation And Inequity In Healthcare - 23:36
- Exploring The Benefits Of The Compass Project - 30:06
- An Invitation To Collaborate - 41:28
- Episode Wrap-up And Closing Words - 44:39
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| 0:00.0 | And so hospitals are often serving as pass-through entities, right? |
| 0:03.6 | The money goes from health insurance to the hospital who pays a little bit to the doctor, |
| 0:08.8 | a little bit to the staff, a little bit to the administrative team. |
| 0:11.6 | But most of the money that flows through the balance sheet of a hospital system or a doctor's |
| 0:17.1 | office goes to pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, med tech companies that are worth |
| 0:23.4 | billions, billions of dollars. So our problem is not a money problem. It is a values problem and an |
| 0:30.7 | allocation problem. And this is where we really need to innovate to come up with a whole new |
| 0:35.9 | system and process of how we do this and |
| 0:38.0 | do this better for everyone. |
| 0:39.8 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social |
| 0:45.4 | impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:49.2 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:55.7 | You'll learn how you can make a difference. Vote with your dollars and get involved today. Here's your host, Karina Belizei. |
| 1:03.6 | Hello and welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for social impact and sustainability. Each week, |
| 1:09.7 | I invite you to care more about a specific issue so |
| 1:12.4 | that we can create a better world together. Today, the topic is health care as it intersects |
| 1:18.7 | with social and economic equity. We've seen this struggle come squarely into sharp focus as |
| 1:24.5 | Luigi Mangione stands accused of the murder of United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson |
| 1:29.6 | just in December. We've seen a groundswell of support erupt for him, one that comes from |
| 1:35.4 | decades-long frustration with our existing for-profit health care system and the vast inequities |
| 1:41.0 | that this system imposes. Now it looks as though jury nullification may even prevent |
| 1:46.8 | Luigi Mangione from being convicted, even if he is guilty as charged. Regardless of what your |
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