Category: Outcomes

COVID-19 Fans Flames of Consumerism in Patients

I watched an interview online yesterday with the director of emergency services at a health system in North… Read More

By David Burda September 29, 2020

4sight Friday | Avoiding Health IT Extinction | Patient Volume by Design | Redefining Home Health Care

Read 09/25/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More

By David Burda September 25, 2020

Avoid Becoming an IT Dinosaur

Please welcome Ed Marx as 4sight Health’s newest guest columnist. Ed is among the nation’s most respected health… Read More

By Edward W. Marx September 24, 2020

Economics

Looking for the Right Prescription to Regulate State Drug Markets

Of all the sectors of the healthcare industry, the one I know the least about is the pharmaceutical… Read More

By David Burda September 23, 2020

COVID-19

Where Have All the Patients Gone? The Art and Soul of Recapturing Lost Treatment Volume

On a plane trip to Oberlin College in October 1955, singer Pete Seeger wrote the first three verses… Read More

By Scot Latimer and David W. Johnson September 21, 2020

Consumerism

4sight Friday | Health Is Where You Live | What Now My Uninsured | Taking Accountability for Patient Safety

Read 09/18/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More

By David Burda September 18, 2020

Consumerism

Putting the Patient in Patient Safety

Outcomes still matter. They really do. Amidst all the talk about making care more accessible and convenient and… Read More

By David Burda September 17, 2020

Innovation

If Outcomes Matter, Then Start Paying Doctors to Use Clinical Decision Support Tools

No one likes to be told what to do. If there was a club for people who don’t… Read More

By David Burda September 4, 2020

Economics

Fixing Healthcare Would Be Easy If It Wasn’t So Hard

Fixing healthcare is very easy and extremely difficult at the same time. That dichotomy is what gives the… Read More

By David Burda August 25, 2020

Outcomes