Opinion: Break the stranglehold of the doctor-patient visit on health care innovation

The electric engine, invented in 1834 , was touted as the productivity booster that would revolutionize manufacturing. Yet it took three decades before it had a real impact.
When factories replaced steam engines with electric motors but left in place systems built around the old steam-based drivetrain, electricity offered no new efficiencies. It wasn’t until factories were designed from the ground up, with production lines intentionally built for the electric era, that manufacturers made enormous productivity gains — up to 90% — with the introduction of new production lines. Read the rest…