#19: Crossroads and Paths Ahead in Kidney Care Delivery (with Dr. Amar Patel, Director of BalboaCare)

What you’ll get out of this episodeListen in as host Tim Fitzpatrick speaks with Dr. Amar Patel about how BalboaCare and Evergreen Nephrology are leaning into value-based care to improve kidney care delivery across Southern California.In this episode you’ll discover:Why physician-led education at every stage of a patient’s journey is vital to achieving positive outcomesWhy large practices often partner with third parties to meet demand for education, and what practices can do to enable physicians to grow their reachHow Balboa and Evergreen are teaming up to bring an interdisciplinary team of health professionals to help shape the best care paths for their patientsThe importance of personalized, tailored education at every stage and setting of kidney disease to help overcome widespread barriers to patient understandingQuotables“Having more support for us, as physicians, is what we need because there is only so much time in the day. And basically outsourcing some of that time for specialists or a dietitian, or helping with some social issues, whether it's getting medications or transportation. Some of these things we take for granted are big problems for our patients. So surfacing these problems and dealing with them as a whole, allows us to take care of the patients as a whole.“  #BalboaCare #learnwithikona on Ep19 @t-minus10 w @trfitzpatrick “We as providers are seen by the patient as the educator. But as you know, not every provider is great at educating because there are a lot of differences that come up in terms of how someone is educated. It's a two-way street. You need to speak and listen, and not all of our patients are able to do that. There are also language barriers. You can really go down the laundry list of education barriers; and so more education at every aspect of our delivery needs to be approved.” #Balboacare #learnwithikona on Ep19 @t-minus10 w @trfitzpatrickRecommended ResourcesValue-Based Care in Nephrology: The Kidney Care Choices Model and Other Reforms (Kidney 360)Educating Patients about CKD: The Path to Self-Management and Patient-Centered Care (CJASN)Kidney Care Choices (KCC) Model (CMMI)CKD moves to center stage with launch of Kidney Care Choices model (Healio)Virtual Reality in Chronic Kidney Disease Education and Training (Neph Nurse J)Join the Conversation Are you a healthcare innovator? Tell us what topics and people you’d like us to cover in future episodes: T-Minus 10 on LinkedInIKONA Health on YouTubeAmar on LinkedInBalboaCare on LinkedInEvergreen Nephrology on LinkedInAbout Your HostTim Fitzpatrick is the CEO of IKONA Health, a company using neurobiology and immersive technology to improve how patients learn about their care and treatment options. Tim co-founded IKONA based on his own patient experiences while serving in the US Navy and now in the VA health system. He has served as Principal Investigator on multiple federal research grants, has co-authored papers on learning science, VR, and mental health in the age of COVID-19, and has partnered with top healthcare investors and institutions including the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, National Artificial Intelligence Institute, StartUp Health, On Deck, FundRx, MATTER and NVIDIA.