TAVR, Innovation, and the Future of Healthcare | The Doctor Weighs In
By: Fahed Bitar, MD
Minimally-invasive procedures such as TAVR and a team-based approach to medicine are two types of innovation that provide patients with better overall care.
The role that innovation plays in the future of health care and medicine continues to be a hot topic across the nation. An important example of a technology innovation available today is transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The procedure helps patients recover more quickly because it involves minimally invasive surgery instead of open-heart surgery.
Conversations about innovation in healthcare touch on a wide variety of topics, including access to health care, upskilled health workers, and overall cost. However, one thing is certain: when it comes to innovation, patients want access to lower-cost treatment options, including procedures, that offer better outcomes. TAVR does both of these things.
As physicians who are stewards of medicine, we owe it to our patients to bring new, innovative forms of care to the communities we serve. This includes:
- looking at all of the ways that we can be more efficient when using technology
- having an increased working knowledge of the latest innovations available for our patients, and
