Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a think tank that supports free-market ideas for healthcare delivery believes that "the punitive ban on physician-owned hospitals imposed by the ACA has to go." She made this statement in Forbes last week.
Read MoreOne of the IHI triple aims is to improve the patient experience (quality and satisfaction) of care. Physician intrapreneurs, i.e. employed physicians acting like entrepreneurs within their organizations , are working hand in glove with other colleagues throughout their systems to meet the goal. Not surprisingly, some have achieved success and some have not.
Read MoreYou get what you measure, or so the management gurus tell us. Unfortunately, you also get things you didn't count on. When it comes to biomedical and health innovation, there seems to be some confusion and disagreement that makes it hard if not impossible to measure results. Consider:
Read MoreDoctors are angry about EMRs and pushing back. They are complaining that screen time is getting in the way of face time with patients and it is contributing to the already mountain of stress and burnout and interfering with just letting doctors be doctors... "Just a glorified billing platform with the patient stuff tacked on."
Read MorePhysician entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity by doctors and other health professionals using uncontrolled, scarce resources. The goal is to create user/patient/stakeholder value through the design, development, testing, deployment and harvesting of biomedical and health innovation.
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