Here Be Dragons
by Golinkin, Web, Charland, Tom
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Golinkin, Web
Charland, Tom
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| Publisher | Forbes Books |
| Publication | Jan 02, 2024 |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN | 9781955884549 |
| Pages | 0 |
| Age | 18 - 99 |
| Price | $29.99 |
Here Be Dragons
Here Be Dragons takes us on one’s man’s quest to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for all. Web Golinkin began his healthcare leadership journey by 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, one of the first companies to put healthcare clinics inside drug, grocery, and big box stores, and was later sold to Rite Aid. More recently, Web was CEO of FastMed, one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing operators of urgent care clinics.
But this is not a book about unbridled success. It is the true story of what happens when you are bold enough to try to transform a hidebound, multi-trillion-dollar industry. Retail clinics are now a permanent part of the healthcare landscape, but getting there did not come without a fight and required all the passion, endurance, and street-smarts that Web could muster at every step along the way.
Authors
Golinkin, Web
WEB GOLINKIN’s lifelong quest has focused on increasing the accessibility and affordability of reliable health information and basic healthcare, from America’s Health Network, to RediClinic, Health Dialog and FastMed. CEO of six companies over the past 35 years, he also co-founded and chaired the Convenient Care Association, has been widely covered in the national media, and has spoken at numerous healthcare conferences.
Web is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College. He grew up in New York City and Long Island, but has lived in Houston since 1988, so he is almost a Texan. A longtime marathon runner, he also enjoys tennis and golf—as long as he can walk and carry his bag. Web has been married to the same extraordinary woman for 38 years, and they have two amazing sons who make him proud every day.
Charland, Tom
TOM CHARLAND is the founder and former CEO of Merchant Medicine, LLC, a leading healthcare research and management consulting firm that was acquired in 2020 by Urgent Care Partners to form UCP Merchant Medicine. Tom introduced the concept of ConvUrgentCare® (pronounced convergent care), the mingling of operating tactics from convenient care (retail clinics), urgent care, work site clinics, primary care, and telemedicine. He started the annual Merchant Medicine Strategy Symposium, a conference that covers the on-demand medicine industry. He has been quoted on this subject in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, Fox News, Bloomberg, and other media outlets.