In this compelling interview, Dr. Gordon Chen tells us how he and his wife, Dr. Jessica Chen, are working to add “Thrive” years to people’s lives through their new organization, ThriveWell.
A ThriveYear is an additional year of health span attained through optimized health, wellness, and purpose.
Gordon and Jessica spent 20 years working to transform primary care at ChenMed. Through his father’s journey being misdiagnosed with a terminal cancer, Gordon and Jessica became inspired to help seniors live longer, better quality lives, and through ThriveWell, they’re scaling the process.
He says that behavior change is one of the most critical components of adding Thrive years. Gordon also shared that care based on relationships and outcomes can help lower hospitalization rates by 230-50%, helping patients living 5-7 years longer than they otherwise might have.
Check out the full interview to hear more about Gordon’s journey, and how ThriveWell is focusing on 5 areas – personal, community, physical, nutritional, spiritual – to help people reverse disease and add ThriveYears.
Dr. Gordon Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of ThriveWell, and is a founding family member and current board member of ChenMed, as well as former Chief Medical Officer at ChenMed.
Topical time codes:
1:04 – About the journey at ChenMed and to ThriveWell
5:50 – Community focus
11:21 – Five focus areas for impact
16:18 – Goal to add 20,000 ThriveYears in each community they serve
21:27 – Optimizing care and reversing disease
Connect with Dr. Gordon Chen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgordonchen/
Learn more about ThriveWell: https://www.thrivewell.com
You can also listen to the interview in podcast form:
Apple podcast link:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speaking-of/id1549592446
I Heart podcast link:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-speaking-of-76708275/#
Spotify podcast link:
https://open.spotify.com/show/1g2LUGr0SzxbBmSHB3FHyL?si=PNO79sBOReGXQJu_CrsJEg
