Yesterday marked the third annual Ending Clinician Burnout (ECB) Global Summit, a fantastic online event with a virtuous mission “to bring an end to burnout in healthcare.” For hundreds of clinicians, the summit has become a must-attend event thanks in large part to...
Funding for digital health startups in the United States hit $38 billion in 2021, up 75% from the year before. With billions and billions of dollars being pumped into hundreds of entrepreneurial companies and thousands of healthcare innovations being developed, one...
TEDx is a regionalized conference that showcases “ideas worth spreading.” I had the honor to speak at the most recent event in Davenport, Iowa, hosted by Andrea Olsen, an outstanding and dedicated TEDx director. I originally was scheduled to present at TEDxDavenport...
Since speaking at the World Hospital Congress in Brisbane, Australia four years ago, I’ve kept a close eye on the country’s healthcare developments. In recent years—in Australia as in America—the frustrations of both patients and healthcare providers have intensified....
In recent years, Direct Primary Care (DPC) has been the most talked-about and innovative healthcare delivery model in the United States. At the Hint Summit in Denver this week, DPC clinicians, business leaders and technology experts came together to share ideas. The...
The fields of construction and healthcare hardly seem similar on the surface. One leads to new bridges and airports. The other aims to keep hearts beating and bodies moving. But beneath the surface, these two professions share many interesting and overlapping...
Business leaders want the best healthcare for their employees at reasonable prices. But to make that happen, employers must first understand what they’re up against and untangle the Gordian knot that is American healthcare. Much has been said and written about the...
I was heartened this week to see so many passionate and caring people gathered together to solve one of healthcare’s most pressing challenges: physician burnout. At the Healthcare Burnout Symposium #HBS22 held in San Francisco on Jan. 24 and 25, I had the opportunity...
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“Change definitely will be happening. And change happening will be difficult.” That’s the message I delivered at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this week. As this year’s keynote speaker, I promised those in...
