Interesting article in a couple of papers today about Proton Centers sponsored at University Hospitals.  Proton therapy is a special form of radiation therapy that is expensive and like much of modern medicine requires something special and expensive to make it happen.

Today's story focused on how proton centers are financed and the delicate relationships that result between doctors, universities and for-profits.  The article concluded with what I believe is a lesson for all nonprofits considering social enterprise ventures:

Timothy R. Williams, former co-chairman of the radiation oncology society’s health policy committee, said in a talk at the October conference that "the profession was threatening to debase itself if doctors were building centers for the money or competitive advantage."

There is a delicate balance in all that the sector does.

“Plenty of programs,” Dr. Williams said, “are doing it for the wrong reasons.”