Over lunch one day, my son told me that he had recently bought a Subway sandwich from the location on his college campus at U.C. San Diego. He said that when he asked for olives, the guy behind the counter placed three small olive slices across the foot-long sandwich.
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I recently heard it said that while it takes both a chicken and a pig to make a ham and egg breakfast, the chicken is merely involved while the pig is fully committed. How different is this from the relationship between hospital administrators on the one hand, and physicians on the other, in connection with…
I recently spoke with a former group leader, who will go unnamed.
It had taken him years to build up a successful hospital-based practice with dozens of physician providers. Over the course of those years, he worked hard to build what he thought was a strong relationship with the administration of the hospital at which the group provided services. And, over the course of those years, he worked hard to keep competing groups at bay, protecting his group’s tenure at the facility.
Time travel. It’s a familiar theme in literature and even television. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Quantum Leap. Even Dr. Who.