By Rob Lamberts, MD

You actually thought reinventing healthcare was going to be easy? You thought all you were going to need were some cool ideas, better technologies and supportive patients? My friend, allow us to introduce you to the cold hard brick wall of reality. A couple of things you may have neglected to consider. What happens when your cool new technology doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to? What happens when the builder calls to say they’re a month behind schedule? It turns out that reinventing your world can be surprisingly stressful. A progress report from Rob Lamberts.

Designing the Doctor of the Future (16)

By Jacob Scott, MD, Ali Ansary, & Sandeep Kishore

What will your doctor look like 50 years from now? We’re hearing some pretty futuristic answers. A robot? An algorithm? A warm and compassionate human being as capable of a group hug as coming up with a data-driven treatment plan? How can med schools and medical educators prepare students for an uncertain future? Jacob Scott, Ali Ansary, and Sandeep Kishore offer a little advice to get started.

Will Your Health Insurer Pay to Train Your Doctor? (7)

By John Schumann, MD

Should insurers, pharma companies, health IT companies and others that benefit from the system help foot the bill for training the next generation of doctors? John Schumann argues one solution might help and might even improve strained relations between industry and doctors.

Chronic Care at Walgreens: Why (Not)?(15)

By Ishani Ganguli, MD

Earlier this month Walgreens became the latest retailer to announce that it will be opening in-store clinics where consumers will be able to find services that once upon a time could only be found at their local doctors office. Critics – including your aforementioned local doctor – are wondering about the impact on care. Other analysts see a logical response to the current system’s inefficiencies that might well reduce pressure on an overworked system. Ishani Ganguli, MD walks us through the story.

Letting the Data Speak: A Fresh Look at Health Care Cost Growth (14)

By Frank de Libero

You’ve seen the chart so many times that your brain no longer even registers it when you see it. Red and blue squiggles trending to infinity. If you’ve opened a textbook or heard a presentation in the last ten years, you’ve seen the infamous health care costs growth chart. A fresh look by data statistician Frank de Libero suggests the messy red and blue squiggles on those charts we were looking at may have been misleading us.
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