by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 11, 2021 | All Blog Posts, Surveys
It is common, when going to the doctor with a medical problem, to imagine the worst-case scenario playing out. Last month, leading up to Halloween, subscribers of my Monthly Musings on American Healthcare were asked what scares them most as patients. Here are the...
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...
