CORPORATE THREAT TO ACADEMIC MEDICINE

CORPORATE THREAT TO ACADEMIC MEDICINE

To restore balance, academic medical centers should refocus on education, research, and public service; protect trainees from purely profit-driven pressures; and promote physician-leaders who remain directly engaged in patient care and teaching.

More than a century after the Flexner Report warned about commercialization in medicine, business priorities again threaten to overshadow the core mission of academic medicine: patient care, education, and scientific discovery.

HOW TO STOP THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS – ERSKINE OVERNIGHT INTERVIEW

HOW TO STOP THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS – ERSKINE OVERNIGHT INTERVIEW

Despite spiraling costs, there is little progress in combating major diseases. Our focus on treatment, with minimal attention to prevention, creates a cost explosive situation that grows exponentially. The following need to be addressed simultaneously To Stop The Healthcare Crisis:
1) KIDSTART PREVENTION PROGRAM
2) PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
3) MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN PROGRAM
4) GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
5) FDA REFORM
6) STOP BIG PHARMA
7) STOP HEALTH INSURERS
8) STOP POLLUTION