Here is a recent post from Dr. Wes’ blog:

Patients are increasingly moved through a healthcare system unaware of the powerful market currents shaping the direction and costs of their healthcare. A moonscape of larger and larger behemoths of healthcare are slowly taking shape across America as more and more doctors succumb to the inevitable market forces intent on squashing the former entrepreneurial healthcare climate, resulting in fewer patient options for affordable healthcare.

Are you positioning your practice to fight against these “inevitable market forces”?  Are you looking outside “business as usual” for your practice to find ways to expand your revenue sources, decrease costs, and strategically plan for the future?  Are you preparing that inner entrepreneur that exists inside of you to allow your independent practice to flourish?  If not, your practice may just be gobbled up by hospitals or large groups.

I’m beginning to feel as though this next decade will see the end of medicine as we know it. The market forces have become too powerful to fight anymore.