If you spend much time on physician social media or in the medical trade press, you’ll encounter a lot of grief about the corporate takeover of American medicine. You’ll see physicians lamenting their lost autonomy. You’ll read of administrators multiplying like untreated strep. You’ll hear that the assembly line is replacing the exam room. All of it is accurate, but none of it actually useful. Here’s what the coverage almost uniformly misses: the factory…
AI can either tighten institutional control over physicians or restore autonomy and human‑centered care. The difference isn’t technology, it’s who holds the strings.
Does banning physician-owned hospitals worsen shortages?
Hospitals can’t be reformed. Committees create the illusion of influence, not authority. The real solution? Exit—and build independence.
Increasing financial pressure is causing both for-profit and nonprofit hospital chains to sell off their hospitals.
Do you know the secrets of using fear of loss as a tactic in hospital negotiations?
Criminal and, at least, serious civil, liability lurks in many neat neighborhoods. Create your own neighborhood watch to make sure that it’s not lurking behind your medical group’s otherwise metaphorical neat lawn.
The expression lead, follow, or get out of the way has more than a kernel of truth to it.
I watched as the cat watched the squirrel climb the tree. Intent on its goal, a moment of two later, the cat followed it up into the large oak.
Do you know the secrets of using fear of loss as a tactic in hospital negotiations?