Why It's Time for a New Healthcare System
- Because it's time.
- Because it is not working.
- Because (in most cases) it does not address the root cause of illness.
All over the world, patients are getting sicker and going bankrupt from medical bills.
Doctors are burning out and making dangerous mistakes.
According to a recent article, "In Quebec, the healthcare system is already on the brink of collapse because of a mass exodus of staff quitting the system... Some hospitals have already lost over 50% of their staff" (1).
Both parties blame our nation’s outdated and dysfunctional healthcare system. But that’s only part of the problem.
When former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group Robert Pearl (who led 10,000 physicians, 38,000 staff with 5 million Kaiser Permanente members over 20 years), decides to shine a light on the unseen and often toxic culture of medicine, maybe it's time to listen.
As a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he passionately writes about how "The Culture of Medicine is killing Doctors and Patients”.
