Archive For: Commentaries

Achieving Data Aggregation at Scale: How Health Companies Will Adapt to the Age of Liquid Data

In Healthcare’s Age of Liquid Data, we explored why the healthcare industry must move aggressively to make healthcare… Read More

By Scott Rowe and David W. Johnson September 2, 2020

High-Performing Professionals Run on Self-Awareness

Developing this self-awareness requires the courage to receive feedback from others. Martina Navratilova is one of the greatest… Read More

By Terri A. Brady August 26, 2020

The Future of Hospitals in Post-COVID America (Part 1): The Market Response

Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles on the Future of Hospitals in Post-COVID America. This… Read More

By Carsten Beith, James Maloney and David W. Johnson August 19, 2020

Economics

Primary-Care Physicians versus The World (Mostly Pharmacists, Really)

Everyone loves primary care. Everyone hates primary-care physicians. Well, maybe not everyone, but certainly the healthcare market and… Read More

By David Burda August 13, 2020

Outcomes

Op-Ed: Parochial politics killed health care transformation on Chicago’s South Side (Chicago Tribune)

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Bronzeville announced on July 29, 2020, it would close in 2021. It didn’t… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 10, 2020

No Time to Waste: COVID-19 Is Propelling Operational Transformation in Health Systems

Boxer Mike Tyson famously observed, “Everyone has a plan until they’re punched in the face.” COVID-19 knocked America’s… Read More

By Mudit Garg and David W. Johnson August 10, 2020

Consumerism

4sight Friday | The Fate of Telemedicine | COVID-19 and Self Control | The Manager-Doctor

Read 08/07/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More

By David Burda August 7, 2020

COVID-19

Pandemic Logic 101: Delayed Collective Gratification Saves Lives and Lifestyles

As the nation strives to return to normalcy while facing an increased prevalence of COVID-19, individual behaviors not… Read More

By Allen Weiss August 5, 2020

Consumerism

Does Your Chatbot Have Lockjaw?

A few Sundays ago, I needed a tetanus shot. I sliced my finger open with a single-edge razor… Read More

By David Burda July 30, 2020

Commentaries