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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Preventionist Shortage Means Taking Your Health into Your Own Hands
If you want to stay healthy and avoid chronic illnesses or even public health threats like the COVID-19… Read More
By April 28, 2021
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Consumerism
4sight Friday | Helping COVID Long Haulers | Healthcare Affordability Festers | Platforms, Platforms, Platforms
Read 4/23/2021 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By April 23, 2021
System Dynamics
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Healthcare’s Escalating Platform Wars
Healthcare’s Escalating Platform Wars Why everyone in healthcare suddenly is building a technology or care delivery platform. On… Read More
By April 23, 2021
Consumerism
Affordability of Medical Care Stuck on Healthcare’s Back Burner
Hey, I’m healthcare affordability! Remember me? I was a growing problem before the pandemic. I kept at it… Read More
By April 22, 2021
Economics
More Questions, Few Answers in MedPAC Report on Private Equity in Healthcare
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission released the much-anticipated results of its investigation of private equity’s foray into healthcare…. Read More
By April 21, 2021
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4sight Friday | Racism and Healthcare | Jon Pearce’s Digital Front Door | Patient Search Thyself
Read 4/16/2021 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By April 16, 2021
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Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Racism and Healthcare, 4/16/21
Racism and Healthcare The CDC declared racism a threat to public health. We talked about what that means… Read More
By April 16, 2021
Consumerism
How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think: 10 Questions with Jon Pearce
Welcome to the third installment of 4sight Health’s new monthly interview series, How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think. The interview… Read More
By April 15, 2021
Consumerism
Patient Search Thyself
Yeah, we’ve seen the office signs and coffee mugs. Don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree…. Read More
By April 14, 2021
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