David Burda

David Burda began covering healthcare in 1983 and hasn’t stopped since. Dave writes this monthly column “Burda on Healthcare,” contributes weekly blog posts, manages our weekly newsletter 4sight Friday, and hosts our weekly Roundup podcast. Dave believes that healthcare is a business like any other business, and customers — patients — are king. If you do what’s right for patients, good business results will follow.

Dave’s personnel experiences with the healthcare system both as a patient and family caregiver have shaped his point of view. It’s also been shaped by covering the industry for 40 years as a reporter and editor. He worked at Modern Healthcare for 25 years, the last 11 as editor.

Prior to Modern Healthcare, he did stints at the American Medical Record Association (now AHIMA) and the American Hospital Association. After Modern Healthcare, he wrote a monthly column for Twin Cities Business explaining healthcare trends to a business audience, and he developed and executed content marketing plans for leading healthcare corporations as the editorial director for healthcare strategies at MSP Communications.

When he’s not reading and writing about healthcare, Dave spends his time riding the trails of DuPage County, IL, on his bike, tending his vegetable garden and daydreaming about being a lobster fisherman in Maine. He lives in Wheaton, IL, with his lovely wife of 40 years and his three children, none of whom want to be journalists or lobster fishermen.

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Consumerism
What Does ESG Mean to Patients? Not Much
A friend of mine recently asked me whether I knew anything about ESG in healthcare. I told her… Read More
By March 9, 2022
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Economics
4sight Friday | Pairing Interoperability With Value-Based Care | Waking Up To High Anesthesia
Read 3/4/2022 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By March 4, 2022
Outcomes
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Rebooting Patient Safety, 3/4/22
Rebooting Patient Safety The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how weak hospitals and nursing homes are in protecting patients and… Read More
By March 4, 2022
Innovation
Burda on Healthcare: I’d Like Some Interoperability with My Value-Based Care, Please
I’ll admit it. I’m not a good cook. Oh, I can do the basics. Grill burgers. Roast a… Read More
By March 3, 2022
Economics
Waking Up to Higher Prices for Anesthesia Services
By now, you should know that, as a skeptical journalist, I don’t believe in coincidences. I don’t think… Read More
By March 2, 2022
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Economics
4sight Friday | Learning COVID Mortality Math | On Hold For Virtual Care
Read 2/25/2022 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By February 25, 2022
Policy
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Staffing Finally Getting Attention from the Top, 2/25/22
Staffing Finally Getting Attention from the Top What does it mean when staffing hits No. 1 on an… Read More
By February 25, 2022
Consumerism
Are Your Patients Willing to Wait?
I’ve never been much for company-sponsored surveys. They’re all self-serving, and they reach the same inevitable conclusion: our… Read More
By February 23, 2022
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Economics
4sight Friday | Is Maryland the Way? | Employers and Healthcare Price Transparency | Are Not-for-Profit Hospitals Deserving?
Read 2/18/2022 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By February 18, 2022
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