I often wonder where the fight is more contentious: the one raging inside, or the one outside the healthcare system? The way that we talk about healthcare almost everywhere is remarkably zero-sum; it seems none of the stakeholders can conceive of the future of the system in a ...
Can AI in health IT save lives, yet simultaneously ruin your career?
Who is accountable when a self-driving vehicle gets into an accident? As automakers scramble to bring new and innovative autonomous vehicles and features to market, the legal world remains unprepared for robots to take over the roads. “Autonomous” isn’t even clearly defined ...
Culture clash? Healthcare with business characteristics
Doctors – especially those new to the medical profession – are increasingly earning business degrees in addition to MDs. Sometimes they complete a separate MBA program; others are flocking to hybrid programs that teach business essentials along with clinical medicine. This ...
How to change an unhealthy industry culture
We’ve spent much of the last few years framing challenges in healthcare as, “We need people that ______.” We need people that can help deconstruct data and work silos; we need people that can improve the user experience on EHRs; we need people that have clinical experience ...
A healthcare farewell to 2016
There is a lot of noise today about a skills gap--a void between what experience and education job seekers bring to the market, and what employers and companies expect or need from their human resources. The disconnect is ripe fodder for headlines, analysis, and political ...