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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 and 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 May 31, 2017
clinical academic medicine 
Economics
Symbiotic Disruption: Skilled-Nursing-REIT Ecosystem Adapts to Market Dynamics
Nature thrives on symbiosis. Its many ecosystems would not exist without important relationships between sometimes strange bedfellows. The… Read More
By and May 17, 2017
health insurance plans 
Innovation
40 Years in the Payment Reform Wilderness: DRGs to Nirvana
Introduction In an ideal state, a well-functioning healthcare delivery system should provide the right care at the right… Read More
By May 1, 2017
Outcomes
Dynamic Tension: Rethinking Health System Governance
The winds of post-reform transformation are blowing through healthcare. Long-established health systems confront existential questions: do we buy… Read More
By and April 18, 2017
best health policy
Economics
“Indumbent” Healthcare Thinking: Prices Don’t Matter
In a March 29th New York Times article, author Elizabeth Rosenthal chronicles America’s dystopian system for coding and… Read More
By April 17, 2017
academic medicine partners 
Outcomes
Darwinian Outsourcing: Big Pharma Adapts to Market Realities
by Kristin Carey and David W. Johnson Competitive markets drive innovations in business efficiency and strategy. Twenty-five years… Read More
By and April 3, 2017
venture capital fund 
Policy
Trumpian Healthcare Reform: A “Silver Linings” Legislative Playbook
Special Edition: Market Corner Commentary for March 29, 2017 Last Friday was supposed to be the shootout at… Read More
By March 28, 2017
market vs medicine
Consumerism
AHA! Healthcare Is Both a Right and a Commodity
In late January, I participated in an Oxford-style debate regarding whether healthcare is a commodity. The debate was… Read More
By March 22, 2017
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