Category: System Dynamics

Podcast: ACA Birthday Surprises 4/6/23

The ACA turned 13 and got two presents. A judge struck down its preventive care requirement, and a… Read More

By David Burda April 6, 2023

Economics

Staff Turnover Means Same Quality But Worse Service. Are We Talking About Hospitals or Restaurants?

What do you think when you go into a store, a bank or a restaurant that you frequent,… Read More

By David Burda April 5, 2023

Burda on Healthcare: Healthcare’s Failure to Communicate

On Aug. 24, 2022, I got my first in a series of two shingles vaccines. It’s something you… Read More

By David Burda March 30, 2023

Economics

Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 1)

Editor’s note: This is a multi-part series on reinventing the healthcare industry. Part 2 addresses physicians, non-physician caregivers,… Read More

By Allen Weiss March 28, 2023

Economics

Hospitals Posted Record Profit Margins?

To answer the question in the headline, which I haven’t seen anywhere yet, is yes. Yes they did…. Read More

By David Burda March 22, 2023

Confessions of a Former Chief Strategy Officer (Part 1)

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 in a series on strategy in healthcare. Read Part 2 here. When… Read More

By Dr. Carladenise Edwards March 21, 2023

Reimagining Healthcare Staffing: Partnership-Focused, Data-Informed, Nurse-Centric

In 2006, Warren Buffett quipped that, “GM is a health and benefits company with an auto company attached.”… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 16, 2023

Economics

Podcast: Of Bank Collapses and Healthcare 3/16/23

How will the recent bank collapses affect healthcare regulation, bailouts and market innovation? We talked about it on… Read More

By David Burda March 16, 2023

When Knowing About the Healthcare Revenue Cycle Gets You an Extra Donut

Kids and adults like to complain about classes they had to take in school that, in their opinion,… Read More

By David Burda March 15, 2023

System Dynamics