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States Foul-Tipping Regulatory Approaches to Control Healthcare Prices

A new Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association said states are trying, but largely failing,… Read More

By David Burda June 18, 2019

Consumerism

Why Service Doesn’t Mean Services at Highly Rated Hospitals

What were you expecting, an ICU? A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals that the hospitals patients… Read More

By David Burda June 13, 2019

Consumerism

3 Essential Values Home Care Needs to Capture Greater Market Share

The home healthcare sector is dominated by “mom and pops” in a highly-fragmented and under-performing market. Fraud is… Read More

By David W. Johnson June 10, 2019

Economics

More on Why Employers Should Pay Attention to Behavioral Health

More on the what and the why of employers and behavioral health, and what both mean for remaking… Read More

By David Burda June 5, 2019

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

The Deep State of Physician Prescribing Patterns

And you thought changing patients’ health behaviors was going to be hard. Try changing physicians’ drug prescribing patterns…. Read More

By David Burda May 9, 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

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