MedCity Information Launches Debunked, a Present The place We Slaughter Myths, Dangerous Practices, and Sacred Cows in Healthcare
Over time, as a healthcare shopper, I've skilled many issues that made me need to rip my hair out (or let loose a visceral scream). As a journalist, I’ve usually needed to cope with annoyed shaking of the top.
And but, once I have a look at the sort of commentary on the market about our healthcare sector – aside from the astute reporting infrequently about injustice right here and there – it’s largely complacent.
“We’re probably the most progressive technology in healthcare, driving revolutionary change.” (okay, nobody stated that)
I'm simplifying it right here, however you get the gist: it's lots of joyful speak.
In reality, my accomplice in crime, MedCity Information writer Ken Montgomery, felt this so deeply that late final yr he inspired me to create an ongoing collection that would offer a vital dose of skepticism in a world filled with fascination in regards to the subsequent innovation. and large fundraising.
Ken introduced Samir Batra into my sphere in December. Batra, founder and managing accomplice of HIP (Well being Innovation Pitch), was additionally delay by the infinite parade of podcasts highlighting the innovation. After I discovered he was six minutes away from my home within the Bay Space, there was no purpose to not do an in-person present with out Zoom. (Don't knock Zoom, we will nonetheless use it.)
So Debunked: Slaughter Myths, Dangerous Practices, and Sacred Cows in Healthcare was born.
What are we going to provide our viewers that they gained't get wherever else? Right here is Batra's reply to that on the present:
“Properly, everybody has lots of fluff. It's good to have a good time successes, milestones, raises and all that stuff, however there are not any arduous questions. There isn’t a ying to the yang. It's simply all about, oh yeah. Properly performed, nice job. You may have constructed up money owed. Should you actually give it some thought, when you're elevating capital, nice job. You simply added extra debt to your desk. What are you going to do with it? What's good and dangerous about it? So I assume I need to get away from the fluff. I'm uninterested in the fluff. Perhaps there are others who’re uninterested in fluff, so let's convey them non-fluff. How about that?”
That is our first episode and we hope to publish a present month-to-month. On this episode we focus on: egregious billing practices associated to my foot harm, the FDA permitting Florida to import drugs from Canada and drug pricing basically, our experiences at JP Morgan, and naturally the information of Normal Catalyst buying Summa Well being , a nonprofit healthcare system in Ohio.
Corporations and folks talked about within the present are (so as of look): Golden State Orthopedics & Backbone, Dr. Nicholas Abidi, Past Prosthetics, JP Morgan, Normal Catalyst, Summa Well being, Hemant Taneja, Marc Harrison, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway.
Please write to us at debunked@medcitynews.com with details about dangerous practices we should always concentrate on, attention-grabbing information and scoops, whether or not you favored (or didn't like) our present and why. We’d admire any suggestions that might assist us on this journey to constructively critique the healthcare business, albeit in an irreverent tone. The purpose will not be journalism, however eye-opening conversations that can hopefully encourage/embarrass individuals to make modifications with the purpose of creating healthcare work higher for individuals.
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