Qualifications?

I read this book once–it’s called Complications by Atul Gawande. Two things happened: (1) I decided Dr. Gawande is awesome, and (2) I realized that the delivery of healthcare is imperfect. I don’t know how I missed it before. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I grew up in Canada. (The secret’s out!)

From reading that book until now, I’ve read nearly everything I’ve been able to get my hands on about health policy. So, in the midst of taking the MCAT (twice) and my wife giving birth (twice), I’ve been reading about this. And I have some goals to go along with this reading. I’m convinced I can improve the delivery of healthcare in this land of freedom. I can make it more efficient and effective. How? Well, I’m studying business strategy. I’m studying health policy. I’m studying the delivery of healthcare from the front lines–as a physician (in training). I figure being a student of these aspects of the health system is a good start. Another good start is this blog. This is my place for synthesis of information. It’s where I turn disparate facts about the health system into useful knowledge and understanding. So, thanks for joining me. If you learn from this blog something–anything–about how healthcare works in the United States, then maybe you will be more likely to know a good policy when you see one. So let’s figure out how this system works, the causes of its problems, and how to solve them.