Series: Meet the Digipharm Team Clinicians
Dr. Mohamed Abdulla- Clinical Transformation at Digipharm
Dr. Mohammed Abdulla is a specialist in General Practice/Family Medicine, and has gained clinical experience in a number of specialities. This includes A+E, General Medicine and other surgical specialities such as ENT/Obs and Gynae. He is currently leading clinical transformation at Digipharm.
How long have you been a clinician, and what is your specialty?
I qualified as a medical doctor in 2009, having completed my medical training at Kings College London. During my training, I had the unique opportunity to get involved in hospital equipment procurement as well as hospital administration/staff training in the Middle East. The experience was invaluable in gaining an international perspective on healthcare and what is involved in achieving value for money for the patient.
Ive always known I wanted to specialize in General Practice. Treating and getting to know your patients from birth gives a clinician a unique perspective on healthcare. It does differ from your typical hospital speciality as you never lose contact with your patient. As part of my training to specialise in General Practice/Family Medicine, I gained clinical experience in a number of specialities. This includes A+E, General Medicine and other surgical specialities such as ENT/Obs and Gynae.
What is your role with Digipharm, and what drove you to join the team?
My role at Digipharm in Clinical Transformation will hopefully help facilitate the transition to a world where patient outcomes influence and regulate all contracts in healthcare.
One of my main motivations for agreeing to join Digipharm is the clarity of the vision and focus on the desired end state, the betterment of the health of the patient at a lower cost. We have been applying value based healthcare in principle to our systems as a GP but with blockchain technology, we have the opportunity of a lifetime to truly facilitate this transformation.
I first came across blockchain like most people, when the technology was being applied to power cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. As I delved deeper in to the world of blockchains, I realised the enormous transformative potential it could have on Healthcare. I initially came across the idea of utilising the technology for electronic medical records but then realised it could be used for so much more, especially when smart contracts are in place. When I found out about Digipharm and their vision, well lets just say I had finally found a team which shared my dream.
Can you think of a time where value based pricing models would have changed a patients life, or made your job different/better?
We have already started to move to value based commissioning in the UK but there is still lots of work to be done. Whole industries need to also make this transition and only once we have all the stakeholders agreeing to move to value based contracts will we truly revolutionse the care we give to our patients. From the local GP clinic using drugs for hypertension to the operating theatre using hip implants to ensure patients remain mobile.
During my involvement in hospital equipment procurement, it dawned on me the real costs of fitting and running a modern hospital with the necessary beds, labs, x-ray machine etc. Although the solution was quite obvious, value based care was still at its infancy. As I watched the hospital start to function and become part of their local health service, outcomes were being recorded. The link was quite obvious and what was missing was an outcomes pricing model for every single aspect of modern healthcare. To this day, I believe that the patients that were being looked after could have benefited much more from a Digipharm pricing model.
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