by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 20, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Events, Lessons, Uncategorized
Today, I had the opportunity to speak with 2,000 of America’s top physician leaders at the annual conference of America’s Physician Groups (formerly CAPG) in San Diego. The 2018 conference is designed for those who are committed to value-based payment models – a...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 20, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Events, Lessons, Uncategorized
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is the largest medical specialty organization in the United States, with 152,000 members in more than 145 countries. On Thursday, the organization kicked off its annual scientific meeting, Internal Medicine 2018 (or #IM2018 as...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 18, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Events, Lessons, Uncategorized
To the question of whether healthcare is a human right, a privilege or something in between, the results of this month’s reader survey are decidedly, well, undecided. So far, 77% of respondents are willing to pay at least 1% more in taxes if it would mean ensuring...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Apr 10, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Surveys, Uncategorized
In honor of tax day (or despite it), April’s reader survey asked how you wanted their tax dollars to be spent on American healthcare. The results will be published in one of my upcoming Forbes columns. How much MORE would you be willing to pay in taxes to ensure...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Mar 14, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Surveys, Uncategorized
This month’s reader poll piggybacks on my latest Forbes column: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare: Separating Reality From Hype. Please answer each of the three questions below about the future of AI in American medicine: Ten years from today,...
