Disruption From Within: Rethinking Health Care Systems With Nathan Baar

Systems Simplified

Nathan Baar is the Founder and CEO of HealthBar, which offers custom health services provided by skilled clinicians. He is also the Co-founder and Partner of DecentraCare, a healthcare staffing company, and the Board President at Nurses Saving Nurses, an organization empowering nurses. As a registered nurse, Nathan combines business and clinical healthcare.

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Disrupting a long-established business model is a huge undertaking, especially in industries resistant to radical change like healthcare. How can you execute a new business model effectively?

Having enabled access to preventative healthcare, Nathan Baar says that the key to initiating a revolutionary business model is to acquire early adopters. This involves guiding businesses or clients through a test phase and using the results for widespread education and implementation. Nathan also cites the role of strong processes in a new model’s long-term performance, emphasizing the importance of repeatable systems.

In today’s episode of Systems Simplified, Adi Klevit chats with Nathan Baar, the Founder and CEO of HealthBar, about how he subverted traditional healthcare models using sound systems and processes. He describes how to market a new business model, how he navigates the burden of entrepreneurship, and how a patient received lifesaving care from HealthBar.