E12: Achieving Better Health Through Online Community with CEO of KNEW Health, James Maskell

“To create better health you need to make a critical shift away from conventional medicine with its disease care focus and myopic view of illness and people, toward one that emphasizes root cause resolutions and that heals the whole person.” Those are the words of Dr. Mowll’s guest today, CEO of KNEW Health, James Maskell.   James Maskell has been creating levers for significant positive change in healthcare for over a decade. Following an education in healthcare economics, James has played a part in building a number of successful businesses in the space. He has co-created and hosts the Functional Forum, the world’s largest integrative medicine conference. His book and organization of the same name, The Evolution of Medicine, further propelled the mission of exponentially growing the pool of functional medicine practitioners.   In this episode, Dr. Mowll and James discuss how to create the optimal healthcare model to prevent and reverse type 2 diabetes and other chronic health problems, how using a physician-supervised health coach improves health outcomes, the three Cs to fixing the healthcare system, and creating a new model which supports health optimization. James also explains how we can use online tools to create offline connections which provide support for greater success, and why group visits in education can actually be more effective than one-on-one care with better outcomes and patient results.   Key Takeaways: [:58] All about Dr. Mowll’s guest today, James Maskell. [3:10] Dr. Mowll reads an iTunes review. Remember, if you leave a review and Dr. Mowll reads it on the podcast he’ll send you the best of the Diabetes Summit on a flash drive. [5:03] Dr. Mowll welcomes James Maskell to the podcast. [5:47] James’s thoughts on movements to reverse type 2 diabetes. [9:19] James explains KNEW Health’s vision and about the progress they’ve made recently. [10:44] How using a physician-supervised health coach improves health outcomes. [16:18] The three Cs to fixing the healthcare system. [19:36] How to use online tools to create offline connections and why it can help provide support for greater success in reversing type 2 diabetes. [27:10] How community groups can be incredibly effective towards better health. [28:51] James’s solutions and ideas for overcoming the prohibiting costs of functional medicines and an alternative to health insurance equals the KNEW Health Cooperative. [41:46] What concept, quote, or idea encapsulates James’s work? [42:26] If James was sitting around with thSupport the show