Battling those issues for years made it clear to me that I’d never have the impact on healthcare that I dreamed of by only growing our brick and mortar practice. Leaving healthcare aside for a minute – when any business gets to that size, there’s a ton of practical matters like leases and finance and staffing that make perpetual growth a real challenge. I’m proud of the progress Physio Connect made in that direction, growing to over 100 staff across 15 sites with 6 disciplines represented. I dreamed of building a national chain of multidisciplinary clinics where patients could see a comprehensive range of healthcare professionals to meet a broad spectrum of needs. The “gap year” quickly became a partnership in the business. My mentor, Regan, encouraged me to take a gap year and join Physio Connect as a podiatrist. My experience in high performance sport took me down the podiatry route, and I planned to pursue medicine later. over chemistry at high school to study medicine. I grew up wanting to be a doctor, but I was far too focused on P.E. We’re aiming to eliminate the cost barrier to help New Zealanders and, from next year, international populations access essential medical services at the time they need them. The worst affected groups are the most vulnerable, like sufferers of chronic conditions, the elderly, and low-income families.
The key takeaway here is that we drastically underspend on proactive healthcare, which drives increases in preventable medical conditions – despite no shortage of experts on hand to assist in diagnosis and treatment.
Imagine how much worse those figures are for more expensive but still important treatments. One of the more heartbreaking statistics is that 18% of patients between 20-45 have deferred a $5 prescription spend because of cost.
In a funded healthcare environment like New Zealand, cost barriers to treatment can be a surprise, but the numbers speak for themselves. Patients suffer, families suffer, and total healthcare costs skyrocket when hospitals are filled with patients who were forced to put health on the back burner. When someone knows they need to see a healthcare professional, but won’t book because it’s a choice between the power bill or an appointment, as a country we have a huge problem. We’re aiming to fundamentally transform the way people spend on health.
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