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Podcast: Creating a New Healthcare
Episode: Episode #117: Transforming the Culture of Healthcare – with Robert Pearl, MD
Description: Friends,
Our guest this week, Dr. Robert Pearl, introduces a fundamental reframe in our understanding of healthcare transformation with his second book, ‘Uncaring – How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients’. He convincingly argues that addressing the systemic functional challenges in healthcare is not sufficient. For transformation to occur, we also need to address the entrenched culture; and the first step is in understanding that culture. ‘Uncaring’ is the most comprehensive and scholarly book I’ve come across on the interplay between the legacy culture of medicine and its impact on healthcare delivery and outcomes. Dr. Robert Pearl...