The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey #288 Humanising Healthcare with Dr Sam Finnikin
Dr Sam Finnikin is a GP and an academic with an interest in personalised care and shared decision making. He is passionate about making healthcare work better for people and ensuring that patients' preferences and values are central to their care.
At the heart of personalised care it's about creating an environment where the patient feels listened to and their thoughts and personal circumstances are taken into consideration when it comes to their health and welbeing.
We discuss in this episode;
- The importance of patients coming prepared to their appointments
- Evidence supporting the continuity of care
- 15 minute consultations
- Asking what your patients want
- "What would you do Doc?"
- Health tech and the barriers
- Applying guidance with care
Work with THC Primary Care
I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations. I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.
I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.
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