by Robert Pearl, M.D. | May 12, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
Healthcare decisions — by policymakers, insurers and providers — often involve tradeoffs. Improving one aspect of care can mean higher costs, longer wait times or reduced access somewhere else. This month’s survey asks a more personal question: what factors are most...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 13, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
Business guru Peter Drucker famously wrote, “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.” American medicine often responds to modern challenges by adding more people, more processes and more layers onto outdated systems. Last month’s survey asked...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 19, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Articles, Leadership, Lessons
This article first appeared on Forbes.com In high school, I spent two summers programming computers for a manufacturing company in New York City. Monday through Thursday, I wrote code. On Fridays, a senior programmer from IBM would stop in to help me debug any...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 14, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Lessons
Every day, millions of patients use generative AI tools to research symptoms, interpret diagnoses, understand lab results and navigate insurance questions. OpenAI reported in January that more than 40 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions every day, and...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 9, 2026 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
Dietary supplements are a $50+ billion industry in the United States. Yet scientific evidence varies widely across products. Last month’s survey explored what you take, why you take it and how confident you are that it improves your health. Here are the results: My...
