How to Keep Your Medical Reputation Healthy in 2016

How to Keep Your Medical Reputation Healthy in 2016

Online review sites have become a phenomenon physicians can no longer ignore. In 2016, if you don’t properly manage your online reputation, you are losing referrals. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, over 60% of patients say physicians’ ratings on websites are either ‘very important’ or ‘somewhat important’.

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Get Real About Digital Health

Get Real About Digital Health

Like an anxious, expectant father, pundits and reporters just can't wait for the birth of "real" digital health, with all the hype and promise of a new life for sick care. Their commentary and reporting, however, reflects some fundamental misunderstandings about digital health: 

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10 Misconceptions That Hold Back Healthcare Innovation

10 Misconceptions That Hold Back Healthcare Innovation

I'm not sure about you, but I'm getting tired of Steve Jobs. Sure, he was an innovation icon. But, in my view, the media and pundits are creating unrealistic expectations hyping and promoting the Jobs/Branson/Musk iconography.  

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Where Should You Train if You are Interested in Medical Entrepreneurship?

Where Should You Train if You are Interested in Medical Entrepreneurship?

A friend recently asked me if it made any difference whether his son went to one medical school or another considering the significant differences in in-state versus out-of-state tuition. A medical student wanted to know whether 1) her entrepreneurial interests would help or hurt her when applying to highly sought out specialty residency slots; or 2) if it made a difference where she did her residency. A PhD graduate student asked, given the limited academic tenure-track slots, whether doing a postdoc in one place versus another would increase her chances of getting an industry job. 

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