Bio: Prakash Jayakumar, M.B.B.S., MRCS, FSEM, DPhil, is a 2018-19 U.K. Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice. He is an orthopaedic specialist registrar and honorary researcher at the University of Oxford where he was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy assessing the impact of musculoskeletal trauma on quality of life. This followed a scholarship from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital studying health-related outcomes. Jayakumar is a principal investigator in a 5-year global project on patient outcomes following injury, funded by the AO Foundation in Switzerland. He has a special interest in design-led innovation in health and been a clinical advisor for medical design teams at NASA. He is currently exploring design-led approaches to enhance population health through artificial intelligence and deep learning from outcomes data in a Masters in Research in Health Care Design program developed by Prof Lord Ara Darzi at the Royal College of Art/Imperial College London. Jayakumar consults for the University of Oxford and medical device companies on high-value health and health technologies. He completed his medical degree at Kings College London, holds a 1st class honors bachelor's degree from University College London, and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Placement: The University of Texas at Austin
Mentors: Kevin Bozic, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin; Elizabeth Teisberg, Executive Director, Value Institute for Health and Care; Professor, Department of Medical Education, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin; Thomas Lee, M.D., M.Sc., Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey
Project: Transforming Musculoskeletal Health Care through Integrated Care: The Impact of Integrated Musculoskeletal Care Delivery Models on Health Outcomes and Costs
Description: Musculoskeletal conditions are the most commonly reported health conditions in the U.S. and a leading cause of years lived with disability in the U.K. Health care systems are contending with high spending, utilization and variable outcomes in this specialty and falling short in relation to coordination, continuity and access to care. The concept of integrated care has been designed to contend with these issues and defined as care that is coordinated across professionals, facilities and support systems; continuous over time and between visits; tailored to a patients' needs and preferences; and based on shared responsibility between patients and caregivers. While this concept is well-recognized, one or more of these aspects remain a challenge for health care delivery systems and policymakers to implement.