Stephen Schimpff
Stephen C Schimpff, MD is an internist, professor of medicine and public policy, former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center, chair of the Sanovas, Inc. advisory board, senior advisor at Sage Growth Partners and is the author of The Future of Medicine – Megatrends in Healthcare and The Future of Health Care Delivery- Why It Must Change and How It Will Affect You from which this post is adapted. Updates are available at http://medicalmegatrends.blogspot.com
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A few weeks ago I discussed some disruptive and transformational changes coming to Health care delivery. Here are a few more.
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Fed up with our health care delivery system? Maybe even angry? What should a person do? What can a person do?
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We have a real paradox in American healthcare. Our science and new technologies are first rate yet our delivery system is dysfunctional. And we tolerate Read More