The Productivity Imperative for Healthcare Delivery | Pooja Kumar | TEDxBeaconStreetSalon

The healthcare system is lagging behind every other industry in harnessing tools of productivity, and must embrace these tools to improve the lives of patients and the workdays of caregivers. Dr. Kumar introduces the idea of multifactor productivity and redistribution of healthcare resources, so we don’t have to wait 30 days for an appointment with our PCP! A physician by training, Pooja is currently a partner at McKinsey & Company where she works on health system performance transformations and growth strategies in markets experiencing payment reform. She has worked across public- and private-sector institutions and for both not-for-profit and for-profit health systems, as well as for leading non-profit foundations in global health. Pooja also leads McKinsey’s Healthcare COVID Response Team and Academic Medical Center service line. In the past, Pooja has worked extensively in refugee health with UNHCR (Congo-Zambia border), Save the Children (East Timor), UNICEF (India), International Rescue Committee (Azerbaijan), and Doctors without Borders. She sits on the board of Last Mile Health. Pooja received her MD from Harvard Medical School, MSc in economic & social history from Oxford University, and BA in health policy from Duke University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx