Dr. Douglas Won: Hospital–Physician Alignment Is an Architectural Problem

Dr. Douglas Sung Won, Md08 Feb, 2026Health

In this thought-provoking blog, Dr. Douglas Sung Won, MD argues that hospital–physician alignment is not a contractual challenge but a systems design problem. Drawing on experience building vertically integrated healthcare platforms, he explains why structure, authority, and information flow—not incentives—determine whether alignment succeeds or fails.