I can imagine the healthcare system going 2 different ways in the wake of #COVID19. https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1248224896083247104">https://twitter.com/MeetThePr...
The first is the optimistic scenario: increased #telehealth & #digitalhealth, increased equity in access to care, increased funding of the country& #39;s vital (& underfunded) #publichealth infrastructure.
We& #39;re already seeing beautiful health exemplars of innovation in response to #COVID19 crises. Some of these are well-funded; others like http://GetUsPPE.org"> http://GetUsPPE.org  @getusppe are developed thru grassroots partnerships between tech & healthcare.

https://www.covidx.org/covid19-open-innovation-index">https://www.covidx.org/covid19-o...
Rural & safety net hospitals are going to be hit hardest. (The former have fewer reserves, even in good times.)

"What keeps me up at night is I& #39;m watching a staff that has already had its resilience tested because of the great financial challenges." https://www.npr.org/2020/04/04/827435996/rural-hospital-ceo-preps-for-rise-in-covid-19-cases">https://www.npr.org/2020/04/0...
We& #39;ll see docs - who already bear ridiculous student loans - decide to leave the profession.

We& #39;ll see nurses, furloughed despite putting their health at risk, deciding to do something different.

We& #39;ll see patients unable to get care.
In this dystopian scenario, our existing, limited #healthcare system will be gutted by this crisis. We will not have beds or resources for the majority of Americans. We will see an already inequitable system get much, much, much worse.
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