Forbes December 2, 2020
In 2008, Malcolm Gladwell’s book ‘Outliers’ hit the shelves and made famous the rule that “10,000 hours is the magic number of greatness.” Putting aside the accuracy or broad applicability of the rule, when 10,000 hours of invested time are paired with significant broader technological, cultural or economic shifts, there is opportunity for dramatic progress.
In healthcare, we may be at the cusp of such a time. Over the past decade there has been a wave of entrepreneurs and technologists who started their careers in health technology; now, smart federal policy is set to unleash the collective creative power of these entrepreneurs, to the benefit of patients, doctors and other clinicians, and our healthcare system as a whole.
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