Takingabigrisk.com. Execs chuck high-powered hospital jobs for e-venture
Hensley, S.; Shulkin, D.; Bernard, D.; Halpern, K.
Modern Healthcare 30(8): 36-41
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 11010041 Document Number: 518623
Impatient with the industry's slow transition to quality improvement, an unusual group of former healthcare executives--including a canine deputy--is trying to establish a high-powered Internet venture from bargain-basement digs. The entrepreneurs, with visions of an IPO dancing in their heads, want to give providers and patients access to the information they need to improve health outcomes.