Medicine is not healthcare…Medicine is sick care.Let’s all get this straight for a change.– attributed to Sidney Garfield, MDOne of the innovations that is emerging from an entrepreneur in the New Health Economy – because of ownership, “getting H,” and innovation – is the concept of Health Management. There is a need for personalized health management in […]

A system that fully utilizes its possibilities at every point in time is inferior to a system that never does so.   The market’s constant imperfection is what makes it so unbeatable. – Per Bylund paraphrasing Joseph SchumpeterInnovation does not happen in a vacuum. And that’s why the New Health Economy places such importance on the Entrepreneur. Rarely is some

Spirits fly on dangerous missionsImaginations on fireFocused high on soaring ambitionsConsumed in a single desire-Neil PeartAll kinds of people can be entrepreneurial, but does this make them an entrepreneur? What is an “entrepreneur” andisn’t there an easier word to say and spell than “entrepreneur” to describewhat these people do? While I wish there was a betterword, there

“Kings, queens, knights, and pawns have given way to presidents, vice presidents, assistants to the regional manager, and pawns.   Always pawns.”-Andy KesslerCommand and Control? Standard Oil, Ford, AT&T,IBM, Sears, and Apple all have something very similar to the current American medical system: Command and Control. Or the more acceptable term in the American economy: Vertical Integration. Human beings have been trying

“This is going to hurt a bit” – both Doctors and Economists say this, but for very different reasons All systems collapse. All systems – whether empires, hospital systems, the American medical system, and the universe – tend toward entropy. Entropy: disorder, randomness, uncertainty, chaos, collapse There are two general factors why societies and organizations become vulnerable to collapse. Stress Stress

“People do things for their reasons – not yours.”-Harlen “Butch” CotterOwnership Economy – a system where power and economic rewards are distributed between participants as opposed to concentrated at the top. The concept of the “ownership economy” is not new.  The concept comes from the idea that we need a more participatory – a non-woke, more inclusive,

“We are limited by our own perceptions;none can believe what they have not perceived.” (William Blake, paraphrased)Impact Health is not only offering a new perspective, we are also offering a way out. This new perspective is about what is happening, what is coming, and how to navigate the MASSIVE CHANGES that are taking place in about 20%

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward.” -Soren KierkegaardSociety is on the brink of one of the greatest transformations in human history. We are on the cusp of moving from the Gilded Age of Medicine (where providers and patients have focused on drugs and surgery) and transitioning to the Golden Age