Sunday, May 27, 2007

Try No. 3: Entrepreneurism fills in the gaps

In the title above, I refer to Atul Gawande's essay where he concludes at the end that there are two possibilities to the future of the US healthcare system.

Ventures such as retail clinics (e.g., MinuteClinic, RediClinic), clinics focused on managing one disease (Diabetes America), online comparison sites mandated by states and founded as private enterprise (PricePoint, HealthGrades.com), and a host of others are filling in gaps between what people want and what the healthcare system currently provides.

And as long as there are gaps in healthcare, I have faith that social and capital entreprenuers, as it is said about Nature when it is hemmed in or temporarily tamed, will continue to always find a way.

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