Archive For: Commentaries

Healthcare’s “Tech-tonic” Shift to Digitization and Virtualization

Since the iPhone’s legendary 2007 launch, healthcare gurus have predicted a “tech-tonic” shift to digital and virtual care… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 5, 2021

Healthcare’s Transformative Digital Bazaar: Exchanges, Platforms and Hybrids Oh My!

In the Middle East, thousands of years ago, commerce exploded when intersecting trade routes gave rise to covered… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jon Kaplan September 28, 2021

Outcomes

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil: Healthcare Systems’ Opportunities

“Various meanings have been ascribed to the iconic monkeys including associations with being of good mind, speech, and… Read More

By Allen Weiss September 21, 2021

The Secret to Being a Good Healthcare Consumer Is Food

I’m passive-aggressive by nature. I don’t like confrontation. I’m not from Minnesota, but I could be. The latest… Read More

By David Burda September 16, 2021

Consumerism

All Roads Lead to Value (Part 1): Which Road(s) Should a Health System Take?

Author Note: This is the first of four articles on the transition to value-based care models for hospitals… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David Levine August 19, 2021

Hospital Spotting: How New Price Transparency Regs Spawned a New Cottage Industry

A conversation overheard at an evening reception during a recent healthcare industry conference: Attendee one: “So, what do… Read More

By David Burda August 3, 2021

Economics

Virtual Debate | Single-Payer Healthcare: For or Against? | Gerald Friedman vs. David Johnson

Watch our first ever virtual health policy debate where we discussed Medicare for All. Arguing in favor of… Read More

By Gerald Friedman, David W. Johnson and David Burda July 29, 2021

Consumerism

Should Consumers Trust Hospital Advertising?

Unless you’ve been on a ventilator because you decided not to get a free vaccine from about anywhere… Read More

By David Burda July 28, 2021

Chadwick Annual Synthesis: A LOOK INSIDE June 2021 Citi/AHA/HFMA Virtual NFP Investor Conference

Sunrise After the Storm The following is a summary of the recent national tax-exempt healthcare investor conference that… Read More

By Edward Chadwick July 27, 2021

Commentaries