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Health Policy Nov 11, 2025 By JEFF GOLDSMITH The health policy community is obsessed with hospital mergers. In a recent paper which I critiquedthe operating thesis was that hospital mergers…
Life Is Geometry – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD In 2025, we’ve got DNA all figured out, right? It’s been over fifty years since Crick and Watson (and Franklin) discovered the double helix structure. We know…
100+ Years of Profits > Patients – The Health Care Blog
By LEONARD D’AVOLIO I’m in the waiting room of the New England Baptist Hospital. They just wheeled my father to the OR. It’s strange to be back. Once upon a…
Artificial Intelligence Renders the FDA’s Current Drug Approval Process to be Obsolete – The Health Care Blog
By STEVEN ZECOLA Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has taken root in the field of drug discovery and development and already has shown signs of running past the traditional model of doing…
Why Every GLP-1 Prescription Needs an Exit – The Health Care Blog
By HALLING-LADISH-AD I’ve seen clients start GLP-1 medications full of hope—and stop them feeling betrayed by their own biology. Some reached their limit with side effects: relentless nausea, fatigue, or…
Navigating the Abyss – The Health Care Blog
By SUHANA MISHRA Residing in the often overlooked San Joaquin Valley, I’ve personally felt the impact of the shortage of primary care physicians. My family struggled to access basic medical…
Halo, Heresy, and Health Care – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD If you are of a certain age – say, mine, that is to say, a Baby Boomer – last week’s announcement that Microsoft was going to release…
The Nobel Prize’s Amazing Track Record in Immunology – The Health Care Blog
By MIKE MAGEE With the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine last week, the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) took an understandable victory lap, stating: “This…
Let a Thousand DNA Flowers Bloom – The Health Care Blog
By KIM BELLARD When I saw a headline about “DNA flowers,” I was nonplused. I mean: aren’t all flowers made out of DNA, like every living thing on our planet?…
What would it look like? – The Health Care Blog
By MATTHEW HOLT A few weeks back I wrote an article on what’s wrong with primary care and how we should fix it. The tl:dr version was to give every…
