Question

Develop a position for or against this physician entrepreneurialism. Provide supporting rationale for the position you adopt. Don't forget to include sources of information you may have reviewed to support your position!

Answer 1

The rapid development in health care is providing an increasing demand for physician entrepreneurship to ensure the right patient care. Physician entrepreneur have different goal and role compared to private practice and intrapreneur. Roles can vary from problem seeking, risk managing to business developing. Physician entrepreneur focuses on all aspect of medical innovation, delivering care to the patient and improvising the business module for healthcare. Physician entrepreneurship ensures to enhance medical professionalism by resolving the conflicts between the ethics of medicine and business. They maintain value with their patients by non-violation of patient trust. The physician entrepreneurs help patients by following the most developed and enhanced treatment available to ensure patient centred care.

The following are a few entrepreneurial options:

• Practice Consulting
• Corporate social responsibility consultant
• Corporate health/wellness lifestyle advisor
• Medical Consulting
• Acquire a Franchise
• Become a writer for specialty publications
• Start your own health policy advisory
• Start an "adventure CME" business
• Become a leadership consultant for business