Healthcare or Sick Care? Time to Rethink the System
Gordon Chen
Co-Founder and CEO of ThriveWell, Principal and Board Member of ChenMed | Co-Author of “The Calling” | Influencer on Transformative Care: The Pursuit of Health, Wellness and more Thrive Years!
America’s healthcare system is broken, and many of us know it. It responds when we fail or face a life-threatening illness, not one that actively helps us pursue and optimize health, wellness, and longevity. We often use outdated measurements, like BMI, to assess health when tools like body composition and VO2 max testing give a far more accurate picture of fitness and potential.
Think of it this way: we currently have a pass-fail model where healthcare steps in when we’re failing—whether it's diabetes, heart disease, or cancer—but rarely does it push us to reach our peak. Imagine Olympians training to set personal records and break world records. Could we create a healthcare model that coaches us to reach our fullest potential, not just to survive but to thrive?
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National Director, Acute Care HCT, Field Ops at ChenMed
2moLove this
Dynamic and Results-Driven Growth Executive | Highly Experienced Healthcare and Insurance Sales Leader
2moGreat read, and agreed! Something like a “Full body thermal scan” could be life changing if insurance carriers would cover it as a part of their “wellness benefits”. Early stage diagnosis, or the findings of a potential onset of disease; how great would this be in changing the current landscape!
Heb 10:23 | Clinician, Technologist, & Educator | Elevating Healthcare
2moLove seeing the focus/goal raised from “don’t have a leg amputation due to your diabetes” to “take that hike this summer” 🙌🏼 How do you calculate “ThriveYears”?
Cardiologist | Lifestyle Medicine | Speaker
2moAgree. Our healthcare system is broken. Patients don’t like it and doctors don’t like it. We need to rethink our entire approach to medicine if we want to increase healthspan.