4: “The Key is doing what you Love” with Dr. Qi Li, Director of Global Product Innovation at InterSystems

Dr. Qi Li shares his love for technology, solving problems, and journey building innovative healthcare products.

The ModernMD: Dr. Qi Li

Dr. Qi Li, MD, MBA is a physician executive and Director of Global Product Innovation at InterSystems. Qi previously held product leadership roles at Harris Healthcare, Partners Healthcare, and several start-up healthcare IT companies. At Partners Healthcare in Boston, Dr. Li led the internal development of Longitudinal Medical Records (LMR) that was adopted enterprise wide by 7,000-plus physicians.

Success Quote:

“The key is doing what you love” – Qi Li

White Coat to Business Suit:

Dr. Li shares his journey as world traveler and consultant before medical school. After graduating from Tufts MD/MBA program he transitioned straight into the business world. Listen as Dr. Li shares his experience leading and building breakthrough products for PatientKeeper, Partners Healthcare, Carefx and Intersystem. Below are a few highlights:

Was the transition easy?

Qi had a background in the consultant and was confident in his abilities to perform in the business world.

Have you had any challenges not doing a residency?

He always positions himself as a technologist with a clinical background and understanding of top-level healthcare goals.

Idea to Venture:

The Idea: Are you idea person or operations person? Dr. Li shares his big idea at PatientKeeper to create the best user experience for physicians.

Failures: Expect ups and downs and learn to calculate risks. He is conservative with his overall approach to risk but aggressive with pushing product.

Lesson Learned: You cannot do everything yourself – learn to let others be responsible for core parts of what you want to achieve.

Business Rounds:

Books recommend: Blue Print to a Billion: Seven Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth by David G. Thomson

Golden Prescriptions for your Success: Communication is key, learn to sell your ideas, and change your communication style to fit your audience.

Daily discipline: Reads The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) every morning.

Links:

Twitter: @DrQiLi