Ayden Jacob
Ayden Jacob is a biomedical engineer.
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Policy
Engaging in an economic conversation about the conventional compensation of a physician leads one to believe that doctors are well-to-do. In the minds of most citizens, school-tuition board members and even local neighbors, if you’re a physician the presumption is…
Engaging in an economic conversation about the conventional compensation of a physician leads one to believe that doctors are well-to-do. In the minds of most citizens, school-tuition board members and even local neighbors, if you’re a physician the presumption is that you are economically prosperous, maybe even rich. This sociological assumption probably sounds false to most whom honorably don the white coat. Perhaps a decade or two ago, when medical …
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A case for paying doctors more
Tech
Attend any biotech or health informatics conference and one thing becomes clear: the scarcity of physicians. Entrepreneurs, businessmen, angel investors, and software engineers swarm these conferences -- and their encompassing companies -- all the while the imperative persona in this…
Attend any biotech or health informatics conference and one thing becomes clear: the scarcity of physicians. Entrepreneurs, businessmen, angel investors, and software engineers swarm these conferences — and their encompassing companies — all the while the imperative persona in this realm remains tied up behind a dysfunctional EHR or in an overbooked operating room. Why?
Certainly, inculcating these dynamic players in the health care space is integral to the successful evolvement …
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Why more physicians should enter industry
Policy
“I’ve done this thousands of times. If you do not intubate him, he will die quickly. I’m a pro, but I don’t have all night: either decide to let me do my job, or he dies. But remember, he could…
“I’ve done this thousands of times. If you do not intubate him, he will die quickly. I’m a pro, but I don’t have all night: either decide to let me do my job, or he dies. But remember, he could die while I do the procedure as well.”
These were the words that echoed around a group of five siblings, a spouse and ten grandchildren, all lost in the chaos of …
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What Frederick Douglass can teach us about health care
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