The U.S. health care system is the world’s top in health care spending per capita, but in terms of performance, we’re dead last among developed countries. As a young physician embarking on a career in this landscape, it’s glaringly obvious that we need disruptive innovation to create better health at a lower cost. Physicians are uniquely positioned to make critical contributions to medical innovation, but even among …
I recently recreated a now-famous business school study on a subset of residents in my internal medicine residency program.
In the original study, researchers asked students to read a case of the real-life venture capitalist Heidi Roizen, who expertly leveraged an extensive professional network to forward her career. Half of the students read the original case; half were given a case in which Heidi’s name was switched to Howard — a …
I performed my first paracentesis in November of my intern year. It was 3 a.m., and I was on overnight call in a packed ICU. The patient, a 45-year-old male with hepatic encephalopathy, was hardly alert enough to remember my name. He didn’t know I was an intern. He didn’t know I’d never even attempted a paracentesis before.
After I finished, I added the patient’s name to my procedure card. I hurried to get an ABG …
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