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Last week, we discussed the exit from retail primary care by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Wal-Mart, and the challenges they faced in entering healthcare, particularly primary care and clinic spaces. Today, we want to talk about other paths that future investors can take to drive change, even working hand-in-hand with existing entities, helping all parties...
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Retail healthcare was poised to be a major disruptor. Unfortunately, in the past few months, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Walmart have all exited clinic and primary care spaces. While their entrance was a controversial choice, the undercurrent was hopeful. The quintuple aim’s goals are, in part, to improve access to care and improve quality of...
As recently as 10 years ago, the growth and adoption of ambulatory surgery centers and surgical offices was a revolutionary idea. Despite a 60 year history in the US, the idea of lower cost, high quality outpatient surgery in non-hospital sites of service was somewhere between invisible or outright taboo, particularly with payers. Having a...
Reason #1: ADVANCES IN ANESTHESIA AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES The modernization of anesthesia, particularly outsourced anesthesia, has played a clear role in the site of service transition to office-based procedures. The healthcare industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The past decade has seen a steady increase in surgical procedures moving away from hospital environments into surgery...
Careers in anesthesia treating non-hospital patients is at the cutting edge of technique and skill while offering greater work-life balance.
With a nursing burnout crisis not looming, but here, what role can office-based procedures play in reducing stress?
Alarms have long been sounding about the looming physician burnout crisis facing healthcare and the nation at-large. The pandemic only intensified feelings of depression, depersonalization, lack of professional satisfaction, and emotional exhaustion. The American Medical Association recent reported on findings of a Mayo Clinic study that found during the Omicron wave of the pandemic, a...
Expanding - not disrupting - sites of service broadens access while bringing down overall costs.
Health systems need to differentiate from new players offering easier access and lower costs. Office-based procedures could be the key.
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