Category: System Dynamics

Honey vs. Vinegar: Value-Based Pricing Wins Customers and Market-Share

Common wisdom holds that “it’s easier to catch flies with honey than vinegar.” That aphorism also applies to… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Nathan Bays November 29, 2017

Consumerism

Capitalizing on Comprehensive Care: Cultivating a Medicare Advantage Mindset

This paper is Part 3 in our series on payment reform. After highlighting various efforts to reign in… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Richard Jones November 15, 2017

System Dynamics

Moving at the Speed of Medicine Part II: Taking “Systemness” to the Next Level

Football is a “system” sport. Offense, defense and special teams function as distinct units with their own coaches,… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jake Crampton October 17, 2017

Outcomes

Amazoning Pharmacy: Attacking “Indumbent” Business Practices

Sky-rocketing drug prices have captured the nation’s attention. President Trump echoes Senator Bernie Sanders when he asserts that… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 23, 2017

Consumerism

Advantage Medicare Advantage: Delivering Healthcare’s Triple Aim to America’s Seniors

Hitting the Sweet Spot for Patients and Providers The United States is experiencing a demographic tidal wave. Baby… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Richard Jones August 8, 2017

Policy

Senate Republicans Confront Their Healthcare Waterloo: Now What?

Last weekend Senators Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah announced they could not support Speaker… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 31, 2017

Consumerism

A Chicago Story: Gun Violence; Budget Cuts and Social Contagion

It was an eventful July 4th weekend in the Land of Lincoln. The Illinois Senate over-rode Governor Bruce… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 26, 2017

Outcomes

The Iceberg Cometh: Welcome to Sickville, USA

In the western suburbs outside Minneapolis, two men lead average lives. Surveying them as part of the general… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Kurt Waltenbaug June 13, 2017

Consumerism

How Health Systems Get Technology, Innovation and the Patient Wrong

The minute I walked into the new digs of the clinic, I knew it was very different and… Read More

By Michelle Chaffee May 31, 2017

System Dynamics