Category: Economics

Sage, Easy-to-Digest Advice from a Great Business Builder

Scott Becker’s Building Great Businesses is less a how-to manual than a reflection on what it actually takes… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 27, 2025

Outcomes

Can the Market Save Maternity Care and Our Future?

My wife of 42 years is a former labor and delivery nurse and a nursing professor who taught… Read More

By David Burda July 23, 2025

Outcomes

Podcast: How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think With Ardy Arianpour

Ardy Arianpour on DNA Sequencing, Personalized Medicine and Politics in Washington Ardy Arianpour is CEO and co-founder of… Read More

By David Burda July 22, 2025

Outcomes

4sight Friday 7/18/25

4sight Friday | Making Portals Work Harder for Patients | Healthcare’s Big Fix | Open Payments Reveal Open… Read More

By David Burda July 18, 2025

Policy

Podcast: Filling In the Patient Portal Blanks 7/17/25

A new report says patient portal use is up. But what can we do to make them more… Read More

By David Burda July 17, 2025

Economics

Open Payments? More Like Open Pockets.

I’ve been writing a lot lately about how healthcare is impervious to change. Nothing you throw at this… Read More

By David Burda July 16, 2025

Economics

The Big Fix: Clear Thinking for a Healthier Future

America’s healthcare system isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do: maximize revenue within a… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 15, 2025

Tired of Waiting

A funny thing happens when you get older. You become significantly less willing to wait. For a drink… Read More

By David Burda July 9, 2025

Policy

4sight Friday 7/4/25

4sight Friday | The Budget Bill’s Healthcare Blast Radius | Burying My Healthcare Lede | Throwing Money at… Read More

By David Burda July 4, 2025

Economics