Orthopedic Business Review
Will Kurtz, M.D.
The Orthopedic Business Review discusses business topics at the intersection of orthopedics and technology.
Will MSK Providers prevail over MSK Digital Health?
Which one will happen first?
Will Digital Health Companies learn how to provide competent orthopedic care or will orthopedic surgeons learn how to create a good digital experience for their patients?
How Digital Health could disrupt orthopedic providers
Digital health provides new ways to distribute musculoskeletal care which often allows an outsider to disrupt an incumbent. Will orthopedic providers embrace virtual care or be disrupted by it?
Class Action Lawsuits against Medical Providers for data breaches
A class action lawsuit for a HIPAA breach is your greatest unrecognized financial liability.
A business case for physician extenders in an orthopedic practice?
Orthopedic Physician extenders can be both an asset and liability to an orthopedic group. How you structure their contracts may determine what you get.
The Paradox of Skill
3 - The Paradox of Skill discusses how the bell curve of surgical skills has narrowed through the years where the best surgeon and 5th best surgeon in a city are much closer in skill levels than in the past.
