Embracing Reality to Improve Healthcare
"Secrets of a Long Life", the November 2005 National Geographic cover story by Dan Buettner,…
Carl Myers, MD MBAJuly 27, 2017
Can AI Save Healthcare? (Part 3)
This picture of a modern Sisyphus pushing a boulder up the mountain is an apt…
Carl Myers, MD MBAJuly 13, 2017
Can AI Save Healthcare (Part 2)
In this Conversation we’ll examine the mega-trends in smoking and obesity and then ask the…
Carl Myers, MD MBAJune 29, 2017
Can AI Save Healthcare? (Part 1)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot investment topic in healthcare. A recent report identified 106…
Carl Myers, MD MBAJune 14, 2017
Warning: Reader Discretion Advised
At “publication time” for this blog, I experienced the sinking realization that I had failed…
Carl Myers, MD MBAJune 1, 2017
Reflecting Wisely
In this Conversation, I continue the topic of making better decisions and explore the areas of willpower,…
Carl Myers, MD MBAMay 17, 2017
Beware the Singing Cow
“DDT is good for me-e-e-e!” was an ad campaign started in 1947. An estimated 1.8…
Carl Myers, MD MBAMay 2, 2017
Fixing Healthcare
This Conversation explores the question, “Why don’t U.S. employers make better decisions about their healthcare benefits?”…
Carl Myers, MD MBAApril 18, 2017
When Difficult Things Need to be Done Well
Healthcare is an important example of the gap between our ability to identify a knotty…
Carl Myers, MD MBAApril 4, 2017
The Keys to Unlocking Better Decisions
In previous Conversations we examined why the U.S. ranks as the worst healthcare value in the…
Carl Myers, MD MBAMarch 21, 2017
