Cohen David J
Medical Corps, United States Army (retired), Alamo Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, PA San Antonio, TX, USA.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 Aug 8;2:35. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-2-35.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, cardiothoracic surgery is arguably the most successful of all medical specialties. There are effective treatments including transplantation, for almost all cardiac and thoracic diseases that can be performed with low morbidity and mortality. Cardiothoracic surgeons have mastered technical difficulties through innovation, hard work, planning and skill. Yet in the past decade, the primacy of cardiothoracic surgery has been challenged by new technologies. This paper applies business school theories to examine how cardiothoracic surgeons might best respond to such "disruptive technologies". Otherwise well-managed business and industrial enterprises have had difficulty dealing with disruptive technological change because of well-recognized organizational impediments. Cardiothoracic surgeons must understand the characteristics of disruptive technologies and consider organizational changes that will allow the profession to better adapt to them.
在21世纪初，心胸外科手术可以说是所有医学专科中最成功的。对于几乎所有的心脏和胸部疾病，都有包括移植在内的有效治疗方法，而且这些治疗方法的发病率和死亡率都很低。心胸外科医生通过创新、努力工作、规划和技能掌握了技术难题。然而在过去十年里，心胸外科手术的首要地位受到了新技术的挑战。本文应用商学院理论来研究心胸外科医生如何才能最好地应对此类“颠覆性技术”。由于公认的组织障碍，原本管理良好的商业和工业企业在应对颠覆性技术变革时都遇到了困难。心胸外科医生必须了解颠覆性技术的特点，并考虑能够使该专业更好地适应这些技术的组织变革。
