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Lessons from organized crime for improving health care
Inside Angle
English - June 20, 2019 16:31 - 29 minutes - 34 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Technology healthcare insideangle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When Dr. John Wasson was in medical school, he worked at an east coast resort that hosted well-known members of organized crime families. Reflecting back on this experience after a full career as a primary care physician and geriatrician, and as a member of the faculty at Dartmouth Medical School, Dr. Wasson sees lessons from organized crime that can be applied to a disorganized U.S. healthcare system: Don't damage the host, protect the brand and adapt aggressively. How can these lessons position the patient as the most important part of care delivery?