Category: Innovation

Getting Precise about Precision Medicine: Balancing Hope, Potential and Cost

Definitions of precision medicine are anything but precise. For seriously ill patients and their families, precision medicine therapies… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Harold Picken, MD January 8, 2019

Economics

HHS Goes All In on Competition as the Way to Fix Healthcare Woes – Burda on Healthcare

Competition good. Regulation bad. That’s my caveman summary of HHS’ manifesto released on Dec. 3 on how to… Read More

By David Burda December 17, 2018

Frontline Decisions in Real Time: What Health Systems Can Learn from the U.S. Military’s Defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq

“The teams were operating independently—like workers in an efficient factory—while trying to keep pace with an interdependent environment…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Mudit Garg December 12, 2018

Consumerism

Med Tech Bets on Value as Its Future Business Model

If you’re looking for a sign that we’re truly approaching a watershed moment in healthcare innovation, look no… Read More

By David Burda December 10, 2018

Innovation

Reader Response: Creating a “Freedom Platform” for Health Data

Dave, your article is nothing if not provocative and insightful. What does it mean for health data to… Read More

By Lindsay H. Morrison December 6, 2018

Economics

MARKET CORNER CONVERSATIONS: Jim Harding, Founder & CEO of MultiScale Health Networks

Jim Harding, Founder & CEO of MultiScale Health Networks, joins David Johnson for Episode 13 of Market Corner Conversations…. Read More

By David W. Johnson November 29, 2018

Consumerism

Man or Corporate Culture: Who Has More Power to Disrupt Healthcare? – Burda on Healthcare

We’re at a branch point in healthcare’s evolution. We’ll learn soon whether disruptive innovation is the product of… Read More

By David Burda November 28, 2018

Innovation

MARKET CORNER CONVERSATIONS: Mudit Garg, Founder & CEO, Qventus

Mudit Garg, Founder & CEO of Qventus, joins David Johnson for Episode 12 of Market Corner Conversations. Mudit shares… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 29, 2018

Innovation

No Time to Waste: Revolutionizing Healthcare Data Collection, Curation and Application

Healthcare data wants to be free, but it is oppressed. Entrenched oligarchs trap information within closed, centralized systems… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 24, 2018

Innovation