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Ed Jones, PhD

Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
11/01/2021
The entry point to healthcare has long been primary care, but digital companies are now clamoring to be the new front door. This poses a choice with major consequences.
The entry point to healthcare has long been primary care, but digital companies are now clamoring to be the new front door. This poses a choice with major consequences.
The entry point to healthcare...
11/01/2021
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD, and Chris Dennis, MD
Perspectives
07/26/2022
Our field should be grappling with how to integrate people and systems so that medical-behavioral collaboration is a resounding success. Multiple factors, however, are creating distractions from these issues.
Our field should be grappling with how to integrate people and systems so that medical-behavioral collaboration is a resounding success. Multiple factors, however, are creating distractions from these issues.
Our field should be grappling...
07/26/2022
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
02/28/2023
The medical model starts with a diagnosis, and so we presume a program with diagnosis-based solutions will perform best. Those assumptions do not always hold in our field. Can we design a hypothetical general clinic that could outperform a...
The medical model starts with a diagnosis, and so we presume a program with diagnosis-based solutions will perform best. Those assumptions do not always hold in our field. Can we design a hypothetical general clinic that could outperform a...
The medical model starts with a...
02/28/2023
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
12/04/2023
Behavioral health services are failing to meet the scale and variety of needs found in primary care. While this perception is widely shared in healthcare, little urgency is evident to get to the root of the problem.
Behavioral health services are failing to meet the scale and variety of needs found in primary care. While this perception is widely shared in healthcare, little urgency is evident to get to the root of the problem.
Behavioral health services are...
12/04/2023
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Perspectives
05/24/2021
The behavioral healthcare industry will probably be disrupted by the rise of telehealth services, but this is not to say traditional services will disappear. It is more likely that our current configuration of services will change.
The behavioral healthcare industry will probably be disrupted by the rise of telehealth services, but this is not to say traditional services will disappear. It is more likely that our current configuration of services will change.
The behavioral healthcare...
05/24/2021
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
01/31/2022
Weight is not an indication for psychotherapy, but it is among the reasons people seek help. How should therapy approach this issue?
Weight is not an indication for psychotherapy, but it is among the reasons people seek help. How should therapy approach this issue?
Weight is not an indication for...
01/31/2022
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
09/26/2022
Technology is an indispensable part of healthcare. This is true even for fields built on personal connection and communication. The key question is how much autonomy we should give technology.
Technology is an indispensable part of healthcare. This is true even for fields built on personal connection and communication. The key question is how much autonomy we should give technology.
Technology is an indispensable...
09/26/2022
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
05/15/2023
Ranking priorities entails moving some important goals to secondary status. While no person or entity actually ranks our field’s priorities, we should candidly recognize the implications of choosing our goals.
Ranking priorities entails moving some important goals to secondary status. While no person or entity actually ranks our field’s priorities, we should candidly recognize the implications of choosing our goals.
Ranking priorities entails...
05/15/2023
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
08/23/2021
Science gives us powerful ways for understanding and changing the world. This power sadly makes it ripe for fraud and abuse.
Science gives us powerful ways for understanding and changing the world. This power sadly makes it ripe for fraud and abuse.
Science gives us powerful ways...
08/23/2021
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Ed Jones, PhD
Perspectives
04/18/2022
Investors may fund a promising idea to improve behavioral healthcare, but a payer must agree to its long-term promise. Our field needs executives who can navigate these waters.
Investors may fund a promising idea to improve behavioral healthcare, but a payer must agree to its long-term promise. Our field needs executives who can navigate these waters.
Investors may fund a promising...
04/18/2022
Behavioral Healthcare Executive