by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Sep 30, 2021 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been around for more than a decade—created with the idea that integrating care providers across settings (hospitals, primary care, specialty care, etc.) and aligning their financial incentives would lead to improved clinical...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Sep 13, 2021 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
With the higher transmissibility of the Delta variant, the herd immunity threshold will now require an estimated at 90% of Americans to be immune to the coronavirus. And that will require nearly all kids and teenagers to be vaccinated, which leads us to the results of...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Aug 25, 2021 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons
It began as an acute illness, sometime about a decade ago. Doctors, who had for centuries belonged to a proud and rewarding profession, were suddenly reporting a series of alarming symptoms: exhaustion, frustration and extreme hopelessness. Surveys indicated that...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Aug 18, 2021 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons
Not all physician specialties are created equal, at least not in the United States. The relative pecking order of American doctors has, for decades, placed primary care (internal and family medicine) below interventional specialties like cardiology, orthopedics and...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Aug 10, 2021 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
Covid-19 cases hit a six-month high in August with the most daily infections since February. At the time of this survey, the United States was once again reporting more than 100,000 new cases each day. I asked readers who they were holding MOST accountable for this...
