Better Outcomes Media
The Business of Humanizing Healthcare
Better Outcomes
Weekly insight for the people building what's next in healthcare.Market intelligence, reimbursement breakdowns, and operating playbooks from a clinician who's also run the P&L. No fluff, no theory you can't use Monday morning.
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Founded by a Clinician Who Built the Business Side Too
15+ Years Clinical & Executive Operations, Leadership, & Consulting
19,000+ Subscribers who work in healthcare as founders, clinicians, and executives
2 Sides of the Table: Insights that Come from both the Clinic + Boardroom
Rafi Salazar is an occupational therapist, clinic owner, and healthcare strategist. He's not writing theory — he's writing what he wishes someone had handed him before he had to figure it out himself, in the clinic and in the boardroom.
Two Ways In. One Weekly Habit.
The Better Outcomes Show
Exploring the Possibilities of a New Healthcare
Conversations with the operators, clinicians, and technologists
actually rebuilding healthcare around human connection — not
just talking about it on a panel.
Regular bi-weekly episodes
Real operators, not just consultants
Available everywhere you already listen
The Newsletter & Journal
Better Outcomes: The Business of Humanizing Healthcare
The deep-dive. Operational playbooks on AI, reimbursement shifts, value-based care, and the marketing strategy that actually moves revenue — not just impressions.
Every week, straight to your inbox
Frameworks you can apply same-day, not someday
Written by someone who still runs a clinic
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The Playbooks
Several books. One throughline: does this actually help the person in the clinic, the practice, or the boardroom?
Better Outcomes
A Guide to Humanizing healthcare
Patient-centered care, the biopsychosocial model, and the business case for treating people like people.
From Clinician to Something More
A Healthcare Professional's Guide to Leadership, Business, and Life Beyond the Clinic
For the clinician asking "is this all there is?" — a practical guide to building a career beyond the treatment room.
From Clinician to Owner
A Healthcare Practice Owner’s Guide to Starting, Scaling, and Selling a Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Medical Practice
The field guide for practice owners stuck running a job, not a business.
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Hands-on courses for clinicians and practice owners — private practice marketing, positioning, and operational frameworks you can implement directly.
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About the Founder
Rafael E. Salazar II, MHS, OTR/L (Rafi Salazar)
Better Outcomes Media was founded in 2017 by Rafi Salazar, an occupational therapist, healthcare executive, and strategist. Having sat on both sides of the table—in the clinic and the boardroom—Rafi helps organizations cut through the noise to build sustainable, human-centric healthcare systems.
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