by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Nov 3, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
Not far from Walter Reed and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there’s a military base in Bethesda, Maryland, that houses another prestigious medical institution, the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USU). Established in 1972, USU trains the...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Nov 1, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Events, Lessons, Uncategorized
Workers’ compensation was the nation’s earliest form of social insurance, originally covering federal workers in hazardous industries in 1908. Today, workers’ comp insurance covers 130 million employees whose wages total $6.5 trillion. The cost of coverage...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 27, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Events, Lessons, Uncategorized
In 1931, more than a century after the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) was founded, the school instituted a unique approach to medical education. Specifically, it did away with exams and grades. Medical school, after all, should be about acquiring knowledge, experience...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 19, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Leadership, Lessons, Uncategorized
Since stepping down as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) this summer, I have returned to nearly half of the Kaiser Permanente medical centers in Northern California and met with more than 4,000 physicians. I was invited each time to speak about the lessons...
by Robert Pearl, M.D. | Oct 17, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Events, Lessons, Uncategorized
I was just in New York City, where I attended the annual Golden Heart Awards, hosted by God’s Love We Deliver (GLWD), a not-for-profit created 32 years ago when a woman began delivering food on her bicycle to a man dying from AIDS. It was my first opportunity to...
