Articles & Resources
On this page, you'll find a varied selection of hand-picked articles at the intersection of medicine, business & policy. Whether you're new to the field or a veteran policy-wonk, these are all must-read articles.
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NEW! WebMD: Health Care Presidential Candidate Comparison 2012NEW! Forbes: As Obamacare Looms, New Medical Schools Open to Address Doctor Shortage
NEW! New York Times: What can Mississippi Learn From Iran?
NEW! Can Hospital Chains improve the Medical Industry?
HCA Controversy New York Times: Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
HCA Controversy New York Times: A Giant Hospital Chain Is Blazing a Profit Trail
HCA Controversy Hospital Corporation of America's Response to New York Times Allegations
Popular Articles
MD/MBA in the News
Popular! American Medical News: Health System Changes Inspire More Med Students to Pursue Dual Degrees
Popular! Financial Times: Healthy Balance on MD/MBA Programs
Popular! New York Times: Adjusting, More M.D.'s Add M.B.A.
Popular! SFChronicle: For Medical Students, Dual Degrees Gain Popularity
HCA Controversy
HCA Controversy New York Times: Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
HCA Controversy New York Times: A Giant Hospital Chain Is Blazing a Profit Trail
HCA Controversy Hospital Corporation of America's Response to New York Times Allegations
Atul Gawande
Popular! Atul Gawande: The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town can Teach us about Healthcare
Popular! Atul Gawande: Can Hospital Chains improve the Medical Industry?
From the MDMBAs.com Blog:
Popular! Naveen Kumar: Dendreon: A Case Study in Pharma
Popular! Aneesh Gupta: How to Fix the US Healthcare System
Other
Popular! Forbes: As Obamacare Looms, New Medical Schools Open to Address Doctor Shortage
Popular! New York Times: What can Mississippi Learn From Iran?
Popular! New York Times: In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending is Flattening Out
Popular! Physicians’ Pathways to Non-Traditional Careers & Leadership Opportunities
Popular! Washington Post: Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France
MD/MBA in the News
Popular! American Medical News: Health System Changes Inspire More Med Students to Pursue Dual DegreesPopular! Financial Times: Healthy Balance on MD/MBA Programs
Fierce Healthcare: Who Needs an MBA? Top Hospitals are Run by Doctors
Popular! New York Times: Adjusting, More M.D.'s Add M.B.A.
New York Times: A Doctor by Choice, a Businessman by Necessity
New York Times: Are the Best Hospitals Run by M.D.’s or M.B.A.’s?
Popular! SFChronicle: For Medical Students, Dual Degrees Gain Popularity
MD/MBA Resources
American College of Healthcare ExecutivesAmerican College of Physician Executives
An Analysis of MD/MBA Student Career Choices
Association of MD/MBA Programs
The Franklin Society
Pathways through Medicine: MD-MBAs
Physician Renaissance Network: Resource for Doctors with Non-Clinical Careers & Interests
Society of Physician Entrepreneurs
StudentDoc.com: MD/MBAs
Business of Medicine
American Medical News: Hospitals Seek Best Way to Achieve Physician AlignmentThe Atlantic: The New Face of Healthcare: Why Nurses are in such High Demand
CNN Money: 12 Entrepreneurs Reinventing Health Care
Fierce Healthcare: Physician’s say “No Thanks” to Risky ACO’s
New York Times: A Family Doctor Looks to Retire, but Finds No One to Take Over
New York Times: Concierge Medical Practice with a Smaller Price Tag
New York Times: Following the Money, Doctors Ration Care
HCA Controversy New York Times: Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
HCA Controversy New York Times: A Giant Hospital Chain Is Blazing a Profit Trail
HCA Controversy Hospital Corporation of America's Response to New York Times Allegations
Healthcare Policy
American Medical Association: IPABDollars and Sense: Medicaid and Medicare Cutes: (Almost) Everyone Pays
New York Times: As Physicians’ Jobs Change, so do their Politics
Physicians for a National Health Program: Single-Payer System FAQs
Wall Street Journal: An ObamaCare Appeal from the States
NEW! WebMD: Health Care Presidential Candidate Comparison 2012
The US Healthcare System
NEW! Forbes: As Obamacare Looms, New Medical Schools Open to Address Doctor ShortageNew York Times: Two Medical Students Navigate the Health Care Maze
Popular! New York Times: In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending is Flattening Out
New York Times: The Options for Payment Reform in US Healthcare
New York Times: What can Mississippi Learn From Iran?
PBS: Why Does Healthcare Cost so much in the United States?
Atul Gawande
Popular! The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas Town can Teach us about Healthcare (this article almost singlehandedly started the healthcare reform debate)The Cost Conundrum Redux
The Hot Spotters: Can we Lower Costs by Giving the Neediest Patients Better Care?
Medicine’s Money Problem
Personal Best: Top Athletes and Singers have Coaches. Should You?
Why the Uninsured Are Still Vulnerable (response to SCOTUS ruling)
Popular! Can Hospital Chains improve the Medical Industry?
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