Ordinary Abundance
Ordinary Abundance is a lovely little visual essay. Go ahead, feel good about human progress today. The post Ordinary Abundance first appeared on Ben White .
Ben White
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Hospital Myopia
From independent interventional radiologist Dr. Kavi Devulapalli s recent article, Coming to Terms With Reality : I can build a program that did not exist before I got there, develop the referral relationships, create the clinic, generate the patients, perform the procedures and produce millions of dollars of new facility economics. The hospital can measure that value, [ ] The post Hospital Myopia…
A Financial Regret From Medical School
Back in 2018, fresh out of training, I was asked, along with some physician finance bloggers, to contribute an answer to an article about early-career financial mistakes (my post about that post is here). That site is now defunct, but my answer at the time: “The ‘correct’ answer is usually to spend less on a [ ] The post A Financial Regret From Medical School first appeared on Ben White .
Writing Takes Time
On the same note, a fantastic short visual essay on writing: Do It 14,000 Times Slower With This One Trick The post Writing Takes Time first appeared on Ben White .
Please Use AI
Please use AI is a poem by Shawn Smucker. The post Please Use AI first appeared on Ben White .
Medicine is a Loser’s Game
In his 1971 book, Extraordinary Tennis for the Ordinary Player, Dr. Simon Ramo (also known as, of all things, the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile ) popularized the concept of Loser s Games and Winner s Games: The notion is that professional tennis is a Winner s Game, where you win through high athletic achievement and hitting incredible [ ] The post Medicine is a Loser’s Game…
The Purpose of Perception
From Douglas Hoffman s Interface Theory of Perception as described in 2019 s The Case Against Reality: The purpose of a desktop interface is not to show you the ‘truth’ of the computer — where ‘truth,’ in this metaphor, refers to circuits, voltages, and layers of software. Rather, the purpose of an interface is to hide the [ ] The post The Purpose of Perception first appeared on Ben White .
Radiology Jobs
I believe in the importance of thriving independent private practices for the field of radiology. True private practice—where doctors control the organization, are responsible to their peers and patients, and earn the full fruits of their labor—is the benchmark that sets the market and provides the anchor against exploitation from unscrupulous employers. My group, like [ ] The post Radiology Jobs…
The ROI of Narrow Vision
An attempt to model the ROI of using narrow AI tools like PE and brain bleed detection, from Efficiency and Financial Gains From Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Implementation in JACR: The pulmonary embolism triage algorithm also reduced interpretation time, but the magnitude of savings was insufficient to offset AI-related costs. The observed time savings of 0.83 [ ] The post The ROI of Narrow…
AI Mania
Three separate quotes from different parts of Nikhil Suresh s AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making that work together: But the broader reality is so much worse: people who have no background in the technology at all actually believe what they are saying. As a general rule you should avoid getting into business with a liar, [ ] The post AI Mania first appeared on Ben White .