by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Nov 11, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Surveys, Uncategorized
If you received the November issue of Monthly Musings On American Healthcare, perhaps you saw the pair of feature stories that helped inspire the following survey results. The first article examined our fear of new technologies and why doctors often blame machines for...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 28, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons, Patient Stories, Uncategorized
Las Vegas looked like the center of the healthcare universe today as it played host to the annual HLTH conference. HLTH is the largest and most important event for health innovation and technological change, drawing 6,000+ attendees from the insurance, pharma and...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 23, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
At the “Lift 19” Strata Decision Summit in Chicago, I had the opportunity to speak to an audience of more than 800 healthcare executives and industry experts. Led by dynamic CEO Dan Michelson, Strata delivers cloud-based financial planning, analytics and performance...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 14, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Surveys, Uncategorized
TV can provide surprisingly deep insights into American life, depicting (and sometimes predicting) cultural movements before they reach the mainstream. My Forbes article From ‘House’ To ‘Diagnosis’: The Evolution of 21st-Century Medicine (As Seen On TV) took a look at...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 1, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Leadership, Lessons, Surveys, Uncategorized
The U.S. healthcare system has no shortage of problems. Independent studies confirm it’s the most expensive and least effective in the developed world. There’s also no shortage of ideas to reverse rising costs, lagging quality and declining satisfaction ratings....
