What's in your physician advisor black bag?
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA
President and CEO, Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, another lousy golfer, terrible cook
If you decide that you want to be a physician advisor, consultant or assume some other role as part of a medical technology company, you will need the right tools. When I started medical school, I was given a black bag with my name misspelled on it as a "gift" from a pharma company. Inside were the then tools of trade that would almost be laughable these days, like a stethoscope, a reflex hammer and an otoscope that could not be used to do pneumatic otoscopy (batteries not included) and neither were the golden handcuffs.
Now that more healthcare professionals are pursuing non-clinical careers as sickcare technopreneurs, they need different tools, mostly on their iPhone or other mobile device. These should include:
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You will also need to rethink your wardrobe. Embroidered fleece vests are the new black.
You might also think you are impressing people when you show up or Zoom up to your side gig carrying your black bag. It might be a nice touch as long as you realize that advising is not doctoring.
Now is a good time to make resolutions to build or buy this stuff. Of course, most of it you won't do , but at least it will be a start and you can revisit the list this time next year. Maybe if you put a hand up this year you will show up next year.
Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA is the President and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.
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2 年I enjoyed the list! Only thing I could add is “a list of high quality prospects renewed routinely”. It is implied in your CRM bullet however. Thanks for the brain food Arlen.
Senior Partner/Executive Team Member at OTG Consulting / CEO at Corbyn Group Consulting LLC. Advisory Board Member at Tech9
3 年Well written Arlen and thanks for sharing! The team at OTG Consulting can assist as we are absolutely focused on Item #7 on your list and have helped a great number of organizations with these needs.
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4 年This is great advice Dr.Meyers. It would also be beneficial to have some of the methodologies and structures used to manage strategy, operations, projects and technology - examples include the balanced scorecard, the 5 forces. strategy mapping, methods to convert goals to action like the organization structure, R&R, KPI/KRA etc., project management, lean, MVP and so on. It takes a lot of structured thinking, planning and operating (not in the OT) to bring ideas to success.