Last month, the World Economic Forum released global statistics on life expectancy. Although most nations saw improvements in average life span, the United States experienced a decline for the second straight year. As the media have report extensively, the opioid...
The January issue of my newsletter “Monthly Musings on American Healthcare” is dedicated to effective leadership, a subject that’s dear to my heart. As CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, I worked closely with my colleagues to develop one of the largest leadership...
After multiple failed attempts to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare), President Donald Trump took action into his own hands last month, issuing an executive order with major implications on the cost of health coverage and care delivery An...
Less than 24 hours after publishing my Forbes article on the rise and fall of Turntable Health – the disruptive primary care practice founded by Zubin Damania (aka ZDoggMD) – I received scores of emails from patients, medical groups and healthcare professionals. Most...
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...
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...
One of the most interesting and unique individuals I have ever met is Zubin Damania, aka ZDoggMD. A UCSF and Stanford trained physician in internal and hospital medicine, ZDogg is a brilliant healthcare innovator and remarkable entertainer. I first heard him speak at...
I recently had the privilege to participate in a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution with two of the nation’s leading healthcare writers and observers: Eric Patashnik, co-author of the new “Unhealthy Politics: The Battle over Evidence-Based Medicine,” and...
Last week, I had the pleasure to speak at Transform 2017, the annual multi-day conference put on by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. This year’s program was incredible, focusing on "closing the gap between people and health." In terms of program design, speakers...
Consistently ranked as one of the premier educational programs in the world, the Harvard Business School in Boston, Mass., traces its roots back to 1908. Its where world-renowned professors train future CEOs and business entrepreneurs. And it’s where, almost a decade...
