This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about private equity in health care. The featured guest is Rob Field, PhD, JD, MPH, professor of law at the Thomas…
The article assesses research on private equity ownership’s influence on health care quality. A review of several prominent studies supports the conclusion that private equity ownership does not have a universally positive or negative effect. Past research has found that…
Private equity (PE) investments in health care have grown to over $750 billion in the past decade and include every segment of the US health sector. Although PE investments can provide capital and improve efficiency of health service delivery, PE’s…
Capital and staff shortages have forced many rural hospitals to close. Private equity investment in rural hospitals has been one solution to these problems. This article argues, however, that private equity firms’ business practices, especially shortening acquisition-to-sale time and maximizing…
Private equity (PE) firms’ acquisition and management of health service delivery entities, such as specialty physicians’ practices, have been associated with increased cost and diminished quality of care. This commentary on a case argues that clinician-sellers have obligations to disclose…
Private equity firms exacerbate health inequity by driving hospital closures in historically underserved communities. Now nonprofit health systems seem to be adopting private equity practices to do the same. Drawing on a case study of one nonprofit hospital system that…
As private equity (PE) funds acquire a growing share of America’s health care system, their focus has expanded to include not only hospitals and nursing homes but also physician practices. Some PE acquisitions have infused much-needed capital into resource-starved entities,…
This activity is comprised of five multiple-choice questions based on the content of an AMA Journal of Ethics podcast about what clinicians and other health professionals should know about embodiment. The featured guest is Christine Slobogin, PhD an assistant professor…
This article introduces psychogeography as a research method that relies on embodied practices of drifting (dÈrive) through a city, which are followed by subsequent creative cartography. Mapping and documentation that follow dÈrive promote fuller understanding of persons’ patterns of embodying…
This article investigates the importance of storytelling for human well-being. Special attention is given to the roles storytelling has played in human evolution, how sharing stories informs embodied experiences, and the role of storytelling within medicine to promote health.
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