The following is an exclusive preview of my new book “ChatGPT, MD: How-AI Empowered Patients & Doctors Can Take Back Control of American Medicine,” which was a unique, six-month collaboration with ChatGPT, my coauthor. All profits from the book benefit Doctors...
Life’s most difficult decision: An excerpt from ‘Uncaring’
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Impersonalized medicine: An excerpt from the book ‘Uncaring’
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Results Are In: The 2021 ‘Fixing Healthcare’ Survey
In this survey, the third of the Fixing Healthcare franchise, we asked listeners: "Which of medicine’s cultural issues are most concerning to you?" Options were based on insights and topics from the eight guests featured on season five of the Fixing Healthcare...
Culture of cleanliness: An exclusive excerpt from ‘Uncaring’
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Non-physician survey: Managing the most expensive patients
The January 2020 issue of the Harvard Business Review featured an article on the 5% of patients who account for 50% of healthcare costs. In it, Philip Madvig and I presented a strategy for (a) helping patients with chronic diseases and (b) lowering the cost of care,...
Excerpt: Managing the Most Expensive Patients (Harvard Business Review)
When corporate executives, health care leaders, and policy makers discuss the challenge of curbing U.S. health care costs, the conversation invariably turns to the sickest 5% of the population, who consume 50% of health care spending. For a long time the hope has been...
Lessons From HLTH: What Happens If We Fail To Change Healthcare?
Las Vegas looked like the center of the healthcare universe today as it played host to the annual HLTH conference. HLTH is the largest and most important event for health innovation and technological change, drawing 6,000+ attendees from the insurance, pharma and...
Results: The July 2019 survey on physician burnout
There’s no shortage of surveys that examine physician burnout from the perspective of the doctor. In July, readers of the "Monthly Musings On American Healthcare" newsletter were asked to offer a different POV on burnout. Whether they work in healthcare or not,...
Remembering My Father & The Greatest Generation
This brief excerpt from the book “Mistreated” tells the story of my father’s life and his heroics during the Battle of Normandy. As the world remembers the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019, let’s take a moment to reflect on the bravery and sacrifices of the...








