The year is 2023 and it’s a perfect time to go against the grain. Those in the digital industry are busy mapping out plans for the new year. At the same time, the industry is never really set on a formula that works across the board. A game of follow the leader typically ensues. The […]
It’s not talked about nearly enough, but moral injury often represents the helplessness people feel when forced to abandon their moral beliefs in high-stakes situations—typically due to a lack of resources or a policy that requires them to ignore aspects of their humanity. For example, an emergency physician treating a gunshot wound in a war […]
In 2021, at the height of the Great Resignation, I left a secure director-level job in “martech” (marketing technology) to join a promising healthtech startup that had recently raised $200 million. This new role checked plenty of boxes: better pay, a chance to build our content strategy from scratch, and a path to VP at […]
Health Affairs, a prominent health care journal, proposed a useful-sounding idea: The government should create a new federal designation for “essential hospitals” — hospitals that, according to their own metrics, serve a safety-net role but aren’t currently recognized as such. But it isn’t useful at all. The proposal is a thinly veiled attempt for these […]