Category: Economics

How COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Death and Rebirth of Medical Practices

The COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. has turned everyone’s world upside down. In healthcare, no one has had… Read More

By David Burda April 30, 2020

Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, 04/24/2020

David Burda interviews David Johnson and Gary Bisbee about the week’s biggest news around market-based change. David Johnson… Read More

By David Burda April 24, 2020

COVID-19

Differential Susceptibility of Individuals and Communities to COVID-19

COVID-19 strikes with alarming inconsistency. Most recover quickly while others die. The disease devastates some communities and spares… Read More

By Allen Weiss April 15, 2020

Economics

Tone-Deaf GPOs Brag About Savings While Healthcare Workers Scramble for Supplies

Sometimes, it’s better just not to say anything. If you know anything about the COVID-19 outbreak in the… Read More

By David Burda April 2, 2020

Pandemic Preparedness 101: Creating Appropriate Surge Capacity

In 2014, Israel opened a parking garage that can be turned transformer-like into a 2,000-bed hospital. The architects… Read More

By Merrill Goozner March 26, 2020

Economics

COVID-19 Will Test the Ability of Healthcare CFOs to Manage Financial Risk

Chief financial officers around the world are scrambling to figure out how to manage the short-term economic impact… Read More

By David Burda March 25, 2020

COVID-19

4sight Friday | Life With COVID-19 | Hospitals at the Margins | Coronavirus Competency

Read 03/20/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda March 20, 2020

Economics

Hospitals at the Margins

Almost every hospital or health system that I’ve covered over the past 37 years as a healthcare business… Read More

By David Burda March 17, 2020

Economics

The Sorry State of Hospital Interoperability

Likely overshadowed by anticipation of HHS’ final information-blocking rules, which came out earlier this week, HHS’ latest annual report… Read More

By David Burda March 13, 2020

Economics