by Robert Pearl, M.D. | May 19, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
“Cracking the Code on Healthcare” is a twice-annual event held in Rochester, New York, to educate business and community leaders on ways to further improve healthcare in the area. The city of Rochester already has a leg up, serving as a model for medical efficiency...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | May 11, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Surveys, Uncategorized
As usual, there has been plenty of optimistic chatter to go around at medical meetings in 2019, but little substance in terms of solutions. Between sessions this spring, I tried to think of major improvements in healthcare over the past five years. My list was...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | May 3, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
The Group Practice Improvement Network (GPIN) celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Started in 1993 by the founders of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), GPIN exists to help medical groups “achieve and sustain performance excellence by sharing...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 30, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
A superb annual meeting, the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) brings together leaders from the worlds of medicine, business and politics. Organized by executive director Megan Castilla and based in Washington, D.C., the event combines healthcare policy with...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 10, 2019 | All Blog Posts, Events, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
The American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS) was founded almost a century ago with the mission to provide a forum for scholarly activities that advance the field of plastic surgery. I had the pleasure of attending the 98th annual meeting, held April 6-9 in...
