Dr. Norma Padron is a health care economist who has taken an interest in the role technology can play in advancing our health care delivery system. She has worked across both academic and health care settings to best understand how new ideas and enabled technology can help us arrive at a healthier future. In this episode, she explores why technology-first solutions are appearing in specialty care first and the challenges facing our current and future workforce with Health2049 podcast co-host Jason Helgerson.

Dr. Norma Padron

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Timestamps:

• A health economist and technologist. [03:01]
• How will health care efficiency evolve? [05:28]
• How is specialty care improving with technology? [07:24]
• Will technology reduce disparities? [10:40]
• What's the future of primary care? [14:33]
• Using new metrics in health care. [17:28]
• How can the hospital setting change? [21:13]
• Technologies empowering physicians. [24:40]
• Opportunities in health care for minorities. [28:33]
• Digital health improvements. [31:14]