CVS explores new concepts in healthcare By Albert DiPiero MD MPH CVS - the drug store chain which is also one of America's largest retailers - is not waiting to see what Amazon ...
Amazon health venture hires CTO By Albert DiPiero MD MPH The joint healthcare venture between Amazon-Berkshire Hathaway-JP Morgan Chase (ABJ) just announced the hiring o...
Record funding in healthcare, 2019By Albert DiPiero MD MPH This continues to be the golden age for the healthcare entrepreneur. Healthcare startups raised $2.61 billion in...
Amazon strikes fear into legacy health playersBy Albert DiPiero MD MPH In court proceeds UnitedHealth is suing a former executive for breach of a non-compete agreement and claiming he...
Key econ lessons for the Healthcare EntrepreneurAlbert DiPiero MD This is required for the healthcare entrepreneur, from the world-renowned economist, Tyler Cowen: “One of the worst te...
What diabetic test strips can teach the entrepreneurWho knew about the “strange marketplace for diabetes test strips.” Great learnings here for the healthcare entrepreneur. Too strange to d...
How to fund a start-upThis article has essential information for the healthcare entrepreneur who is planning a start-up. This is a topic we know well, and I be...
Jon Stein, entrepreneurial superstar: launching a business from the ground upShould you build a company from scratch in a highly regulated segment of the economy at the worst possible time? Is it possible to work o...
What can healthcare learn from a fast-food restauranteur?This profile of the Portland restaurant entrepreneur, Micah Camden, is a lesson in what could save healthcare from itself. Here is an en...
Atul: Why doctors and computers don’t mixAnother classic article by Atul Gawande, this is much more than a screed against EMRs. It is a philosophical and at times spiritual asses...
Google Hires Major Healthcare CEOGoogle announced that it has hired Geisinger Health CEO David Feinberg to lead its healthcare efforts. Feinberg has been the CEO of the l...
Kaiser is faking it - and Amazon knows itKaiser has long claimed to have a superior model - the integration of care and coverage. We agree that the theory is great but the factua...
Kaiser v GoogleIn 2013 New York Times ran an seemingly glowing profile of Kaiser. But when we read it more carefully, the following tension jumped out a...
Elon Musk is public property. Will someone let him know?Anyone who has founded a company that became even moderately successful will know what we're talking about. At some point in a company's ...
Will consulting firm help Atul Gawande find his “Beginner’s Mind”?Atul Gawande MD, the CEO of the healthcare startup formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase has apparently engaged Monitor...
Apple Watch: why a heart doctor says beware Apple has released a new Apple Watch that charges into the health and wellness space. The new Apple Watch Series 4 is a bona fide, FDA-ap...
The Atul Gawande Canon 1998-2018Atul Gawande, the surgeon and author, and now CEO of the Amazon Berkshire JPM healthcare initiative, assembled a remarkable body of work ...
How is Elon Musk's mental health?Our friends include the usual mix of Musk worshippers - and a few skeptics. Some have asked us, "What do you guys think of Elon Musk's me...
What Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, can teach us about management and cultureDaniel Ek, Spotify CEO reveals unique strategic insights and management approaches that may enable him to take his company from the hinte...
Can amazon do it? In a boost for brick-and-mortar drugstore chains, J.D. Power says customer satisfaction remains high for pharmacies and the retail health...