Getting From Here To There
5 Things You Thought You Knew About Healthcare… But You Don’t The American health care delivery system is in need of fundamental change. The current care systems cannot do the job. Trying harder will...
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This article originally appeared on Philly.com for the Inquirer. Photo by Charles Fox, Philly.com Staff Photographer Stephen Klasko hadn’t been running the Thomas Jefferson University empire for long...
View ArticleAlumni Essay: From Delivering Babies to Delivering Revolutions
This article originally appeared in Wharton Magazine. Three tenets from Wharton’s EMBA Program propelled this alumnus to become a future-forward, positive leader for the health care industry. By Dr....
View ArticleChanging the DNA of Health-Care
The changing landscape of the American health-care system requires a fresh perspective and new ideas. A conversation with Philadelphia magazine’s John Marchese reveals thoughts for the future that...
View ArticleSuppose Malcolm Gladwell Was on the Admissions Committee: Are We Ready to Be...
Suppose Malcolm Gladwell was on the admissions committee of our medical college? I asked the author that question on stage at a recent event by the Philadelphia Arts and Business Council, while talking...
View ArticleHow to Blow Up the Model
When you’re put on the spot by Jack and Suzy Welch, you don’t get off easy. Jefferson hosted the Welch’s for two packed conversations about their new book, “The Real-Life MBA.” The book is a richly...
View ArticleStreaming a ‘Netflix’ Innovation for Health Care
It is time to bring medicine home. To be truly patient-centric, we need to think about the patient before he or she leaves home, not just when the patient’s in the doctor’s office or hospital. That’s...
View ArticleThe Generation of Transformation
It used to be easy to give a commencement speech. You could tell a few jokes, praise the graduates, and exhort them to keep learning. Not today. The 2015 graduates go into a health care world crying...
View ArticleTime to Break the Mold: New Models for University-Biotech Partnerships
It’s time to take down the walls between entrepreneurial biotech firms and university science. We need to bring our world of discovery to patients quickly. We need to build creative partnerships. And...
View ArticleWhat’s Missing from Innovation?
In the first six months of 2015, startup companies developing digital solutions for healthcare delivery raised $3.8 billion in the United States in venture capital. And that venture capital funding is...
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