EP58: Dr. Donald Berwick on greed in medicine and how to fight back

Greed should not be a factor in patient care, and yet more and more it seems to be. Dr. Donald Berwick has a wonderful article titled Salve Lucrum in JAMA, and I highly recommend it. He touches on how his father inspired and inspires him, the importance of community and connection, and the small steps we can take to fight greed. Dr. Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He is former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Trained as a pediatrician by background, he has taught at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and he has served on the staffs of Boston's Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He was Vice Chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force, the first "independent member" of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, and Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Institute of Medicine. Recognized as a leading authority on health care quality and improvement, Dr. Berwick has received numerous awards for his contributions, including from the British National Health Service in 2005, when he was appointed "Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire" by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Dr. Berwick is the author or co-author of over 160 scientific articles and six books. He currently serves as lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.  He has a new podcast in spring, 2023 called Turn on the Lights.