Category: Outcomes

Consumerism

Hitting a Wall on EHR Interoperability, Patient Access

You know that moment when you “hit the wall” when you’re running a marathon? I don’t. But, I’m… Read More

By David Burda May 29, 2019

Consumerism

What Fish and Colonoscopies Have in Common

By now you know you should never order fish at a restaurant on a Monday. That’s because the… Read More

By David Burda May 23, 2019

Economics

What Businesses Say They’re Doing About Their Employees’ Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health says 46.6 million adults suffered from some form of mental illness in… Read More

By David Burda May 16, 2019

Consumerism

Why Millennials May Be Pushing Us Off a Healthcare Cliff

I’m not sure that US millennials are going to have a happy ending when it comes to their… Read More

By David Burda May 2, 2019

Consumerism

Death by Healthcare Knockoff

Knockoffs usually aren’t as good as the originals, whether they’re golf clubs, purses or pressure cookers. A new… Read More

By David Burda April 25, 2019

Economics

Culture Change Isn’t a Natural for Healthcare Organizations

“We must begin by asking it, ‘What is losing?’ Losing is a disease. As contagious as polio. Losing… Read More

By David Burda April 18, 2019

Outcomes

Opioid Variations and State Interventions

Like companies in any other industry, when providers misbehave, it opens the door to state regulation of their… Read More

By David Burda March 28, 2019

Innovation

Why Healthcare is Spinning Its VBR Wheels

It’s like preparing and serving a seven-course meal that your biggest customer ordered only to have the entire… Read More

By David Burda March 21, 2019

Outcomes

MARKET CORNER CONVERSATIONS: Dr. Jonathan M. Zenilman, Johns Hopkins University

Hear how Dr. Zenilman’s residency at Kings College Hospital in the early 1980s, at the epicenter of the… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 20, 2019

Outcomes