Here Be Dragons: One Man’s Quest to Make Healthcare More Accessible & Affordable
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- Author：Web Golinkin
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Summary
Putting “Retail” into Medicine
Here Be Dragons is the true story of what happens when you are bold enough to try to transform a hidebound， multi-trillion-dollar industry。 Today， millions of people benefit every day from accessible， affordable healthcare at walk-in clinics close to their homes。 They are open seven days a week， with extended weekday hours， and provide high-quality basic healthcare at reasonable prices that are transparently posted。 In 2020-21， almost everyone in the United States benefited from the access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations that these clinics provided。
But retail clinics did not emerge without a fight。 They faced strong opposition from the medical establishment， overly restrictive government regulations， and skeptical third-party payers。 They also faced consumers who were conditioned to believe that quality healthcare could only be delivered in in an office or a hospital on someone else’s schedule and without having any idea of its cost。
Physician practices and hospitals continue to play indispensable roles in patient care， but the massive U。S。 healthcare system has not proven to be accessible or affordable enough for many patients and third-party payers。 The system needed to be disrupted， and Web Golinkin was one of a relatively small number of people who have been able to do it。
However， this is not a book about unbridled success。 Like many hero’s journeys， Web’s story is filled with bumps， bruises， and a few dragons along the way。 Web began his journey by focusing on health information， starting the first 24-hour Cable TV network dedicated to health， America’s Health Network， which was eventually sold to Fox。 He then helped to revolutionize healthcare with RediClinic， which placed medical clinics inside drug， grocery and big box stores and was later sold to Rite Aid。 Most recently， Web was CEO of FastMed， one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing operators of urgent care clinics。
The fact that retail clinics are now a permanent part of the healthcare landscape is evidence of success， but getting to this point has been a wild and frequently very rough ride that challenged all the passion， endurance and street-smarts Web could muster at every step along the way。
Here Be Dragons is the true story of what happens when you are bold enough to try to transform a hidebound， multi-trillion-dollar industry。 Today， millions of people benefit every day from accessible， affordable healthcare at walk-in clinics close to their homes。 They are open seven days a week， with extended weekday hours， and provide high-quality basic healthcare at reasonable prices that are transparently posted。 In 2020-21， almost everyone in the United States benefited from the access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations that these clinics provided。
But retail clinics did not emerge without a fight。 They faced strong opposition from the medical establishment， overly restrictive government regulations， and skeptical third-party payers。 They also faced consumers who were conditioned to believe that quality healthcare could only be delivered in in an office or a hospital on someone else’s schedule and without having any idea of its cost。
Physician practices and hospitals continue to play indispensable roles in patient care， but the massive U。S。 healthcare system has not proven to be accessible or affordable enough for many patients and third-party payers。 The system needed to be disrupted， and Web Golinkin was one of a relatively small number of people who have been able to do it。
However， this is not a book about unbridled success。 Like many hero’s journeys， Web’s story is filled with bumps， bruises， and a few dragons along the way。 Web began his journey by focusing on health information， starting the first 24-hour Cable TV network dedicated to health， America’s Health Network， which was eventually sold to Fox。 He then helped to revolutionize healthcare with RediClinic， which placed medical clinics inside drug， grocery and big box stores and was later sold to Rite Aid。 Most recently， Web was CEO of FastMed， one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing operators of urgent care clinics。
The fact that retail clinics are now a permanent part of the healthcare landscape is evidence of success， but getting to this point has been a wild and frequently very rough ride that challenged all the passion， endurance and street-smarts Web could muster at every step along the way。
Reviews
sm253
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This book chronicles the author’s efforts over three decades to make health information and basic care more accessible。 It highlights the navigation of complex external obstacles as well as the development of effective models to turn retail-based and urgent care clinics into sustainable businesses。 Although the focus is on the healthcare provider organization， there are leadership lessons that are applicable to other industries。
Sharon Cronan
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Disclaimer: I won a copy of this from Goodreads as an early reviewer。 To tell the truth， that's the only reason I finished the book。 And， I've been putting off writing this review。 I had hopes for this book， as I've been dubious about the care given in big-store medical clinics。 Some of these concerns were answered， as well as the rationale behind starting the clinics。 However- this is a boring brag book。 The author seriously needed a ghost writer or a better editor。 There are better books out Disclaimer: I won a copy of this from Goodreads as an early reviewer。 To tell the truth， that's the only reason I finished the book。 And， I've been putting off writing this review。 I had hopes for this book， as I've been dubious about the care given in big-store medical clinics。 Some of these concerns were answered， as well as the rationale behind starting the clinics。 However- this is a boring brag book。 The author seriously needed a ghost writer or a better editor。 There are better books out there to read。 。。。more
Farrell
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Well written book。Very interesting and informative。We have a health system that so many cannot afford or even get access for treatment。A great idea was formed and developed to allow fast access and somewhat affordability to those with medical injuries and sickness。Don’t kid yourself it’s not free care， but it is allowing people treatment that they generally could not receive before。It’s also a system that can make the investors money。 Well you would think so。 The red tape， interference， obstruct Well written book。Very interesting and informative。We have a health system that so many cannot afford or even get access for treatment。A great idea was formed and developed to allow fast access and somewhat affordability to those with medical injuries and sickness。Don’t kid yourself it’s not free care， but it is allowing people treatment that they generally could not receive before。It’s also a system that can make the investors money。 Well you would think so。 The red tape， interference， obstruction， small minded people and ignorance encountered along the way， can be a deterrent to so many。 However a person with a vision and concern of others tried and succeeded， well done。 。。。more
Ghada
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An illuminating perspective into the origin and inner working of the retail healthcare business written by the founder of retail clinics himself。 Web Golinkin narrates his multi-decade endeavour to make healthcare more accessible and affordable: from introducing cost-effective retail clinics to striving to make health-related information more accessible to the average individual。 He also addresses some of the shortcomings pertaining to today's American healthcare system and introduces proposals An illuminating perspective into the origin and inner working of the retail healthcare business written by the founder of retail clinics himself。 Web Golinkin narrates his multi-decade endeavour to make healthcare more accessible and affordable: from introducing cost-effective retail clinics to striving to make health-related information more accessible to the average individual。 He also addresses some of the shortcomings pertaining to today's American healthcare system and introduces proposals to overcome them。 Thank you Netgalley for providing this eARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Susan Atherly
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