Relentless Health Value

I heard someone say the other day, “Practicing medicine without pharmaceuticals is like running to the ten-yard line, putting down the ball, and walking off the field.” So, it’s pretty imperative that providers and Pharma know how to work together to get the best outcomes for patients. In this context and in this podcast, when I say “get the best outcomes for patients,” I kinda mean it. There’s a sweet spot in the middle of “won’t let those [expletive goes here] pharma reps in the building” and blatant conflicts of interest. I wanted to find out from someone who would know what a great collaborative relationship with a pharma company looks like for a large health system from their point of view. How do two, in general, gigantic bureaucratic organizations find ways to help each other help patients? No one would disagree that finding the best collaborative strategy with a health system is going to depend a lot on how that health system rolls in general. One aspect of how they roll is to take a look at their so-