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Oct 29, 2020

I was really vexed the other day when I read on Twitter—First rule of thumb: Stay away from Twitter—but I read on Twitter someone bashing telehealth because, for many older Americans, going to the doctor is the only thing on their social calendar. Ummm, OK. So, we celebrate the idea of paying a cardiologist or a...


Oct 22, 2020

Here’s something I never really understood: how physicians and nurses more often than not get to be responsible for the entire patient journey, including, start to finish, patient satisfaction. But if you just take one look at any random poorly rated physician’s reviews, they’re usually littered with complaints...


Oct 15, 2020

My guest in this health care podcast is Vincent Rajkumar, MD. Dr. Rajkumar is a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. He’s also a practicing hematologist at the Mayo Clinic with a focus on multiple myeloma. Dr. Rajkumar does research and conducts clinical trials. He’s a well-known thought leader in...


Oct 8, 2020

PCPs (primary care providers) are really important to population health. Primary care is the foundation of any well-functioning health system, I am sure many listening to this podcast know well. For the Triple Aim to happen, patients really need access to robust primary care. This has been affirmed by almost anyone who...


Oct 1, 2020

Lately, several of the Relentless Health Value episodes have focused on digital health companies and their disruptive potential on referral flows of traditional provider organizations. We also talked about other goings-on with the potential to encroach on hospital systems and independent docs alike. For example, we’ve...