Category: System Dynamics

Economics

Medicare Advantage Bends Cost Curve the Wrong Way

Everyone sees what they want to see in the latest figures on national health expenditures released by the… Read More

By David Burda January 2, 2019

Consumerism

The Slow Road to Value-Based Care

A new report is yet another sign that the march toward value-based care has bogged down. The Health… Read More

By David Burda December 26, 2018

Policy

Eisenhower’s Prophecy: The Healthcare Industrial Complex®

On January 17, 1961, three days before leaving office, Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the nation one last… Read More

By David W. Johnson December 19, 2018

Economics

HHS Goes All In on Competition as the Way to Fix Healthcare Woes – Burda on Healthcare

Competition good. Regulation bad. That’s my caveman summary of HHS’ manifesto released on Dec. 3 on how to… Read More

By David Burda December 17, 2018

Frontline Decisions in Real Time: What Health Systems Can Learn from the U.S. Military’s Defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq

“The teams were operating independently—like workers in an efficient factory—while trying to keep pace with an interdependent environment…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Mudit Garg December 12, 2018

Innovation

Reader Response: Creating a “Freedom Platform” for Health Data

Dave, your article is nothing if not provocative and insightful. What does it mean for health data to… Read More

By Lindsay H. Morrison December 6, 2018

Economics

MARKET CORNER CONVERSATIONS: Jim Harding, Founder & CEO of MultiScale Health Networks

Jim Harding, Founder & CEO of MultiScale Health Networks, joins David Johnson for Episode 13 of Market Corner Conversations…. Read More

By David W. Johnson November 29, 2018

Outcomes

New Primary Care Provider, Same or Better Outcomes

Expanding the scope of practice for nurse practitioners and physician assistants may be a cost-effective way to manage… Read More

By David Burda November 27, 2018

Economics

Brand-Heavy and Asset-Light: Moving Beyond the Acute-Care Mindset

For health systems, the day of reckoning is near. A recent Morgan Stanley report states that over 1,000… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David Morlock November 14, 2018

System Dynamics