You 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.
Read MoreSome doctors think we should make more house calls to get closer to the patients and get a better understanding of how their living habits and social circumstances are affecting their health. While nostalgic and reminiscent of horse and buggy days, there are many reasons why house calls are a bad idea:
Read MoreThe author of a recent article claimed that "we all lose " when an experienced physician prematurely leaves clinical medicine. Of course, it is inevitable that a clinical career will come to an end, but whether patients and society suffers depends on what that retiring doctor does next. More and more, it seems, they pursue other ways to help patients and add value to the system by pursuing non-clinical careers. That's a good thing, because:
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