Sinners and Saints: Medical Business Ethics in Interventional Radiology

Private Equity and Radiology: Productive Partnership or Inherently Misaligned?

“…6 Good healthcare and good business practices are often presented as inherently opposed, that clinicians are either altruistic saints who never think about money when treating patients or selfish sinners "in bed with industry." 7 In reality, all physicians possess a complex blend of selfless and selfish motivation behind their actions, and good business practices can suppose better healthcare for more people. The difference is how those values are prioritized, particularly when they conflict.…”

“…The difference is how those values are prioritized, particularly when they conflict. 7 Is the practice healthcare that uses business tactics to be more effective, or is the practice a business which happens to provide healthcare? Rather than being an anomaly, PE-owned practices are more of a hyperbole of an inherent challenge of balancing and aligning priorities, a case model for discussions of medical business ethics that affect all providers.…”