MedCity News July 11, 2021
Dr. Joshua Tamayo-Sarver

Driving change in the health sector is challenging precisely because no one can seem to agree upon who’s driving who, or when, or where. In theory, the ecosystem’s set up to benefit the patient first.

In my younger years, I’d visit my grandparents in Florida. In their garage, they had an old white Toyota Corolla. Despite the vehicle’s advanced age, it remained in immaculate condition. After all, it had just 300 miles on it. Not 300,000 miles–no comma required–just the equivalent of one full trip from Jacksonville to Miami on the odometer. My grandparents reserved the car specifically for visiting family to “drive.” Those quotes are important.

When I was of driving age, my grandmother–now in her 80s and buckled...

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