Boston’s mayor Tom Menino calls on some academic big shots to “fix” primary care:
The meeting at the city’s Parkman House included a who’s who from Boston’s healthcare landscape, including the presidents of three of the city’s biggest hospitals: Elaine Ullian from Boston Medical Center, Dr. Gary Gottlieb from Brigham and Women’s, and Ellen Zane from Tufts-New England Medical Center. Leaders of community health centers were there, too, along with the in-coming president of the Massachusetts Medical Society and the dean of Boston University’s medical school, Dr. Karen Antman.
Good idea, big names, but I wouldn’t get too excited. The solution will not come from academia. They are too insulated, naive, and slow to respond to truly make a difference.
