Category: Outcomes

The Unstoppable Force of Hospital Beds and Hospital Employment

A hospital bed capacity study published last month in JAMA Network Open caused an industry kerfuffle. It argued… Read More

By David Burda March 26, 2025

Policy

The Revolutionary Cure for U.S. Healthcare

On June 18, 1914, a lone assassin from Bosnia shot and killed Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand and his wife… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Paul Kusserow March 25, 2025

4sight Friday 3/21/25

4sight Friday | How the Pandemic Changed Us and Healthcare | Consumer Skepticism of Healthcare AI | Crocodile… Read More

By David Burda March 21, 2025

Outcomes

Podcast: Lingering Lessons Five Years After COVID 3/20/25

The COVID-19 pandemic marked its five-year anniversary this month. What did we learn about ourselves, society and the… Read More

By David Burda March 20, 2025

Money for Nothing and Risk for Free

There was a trampoline at the bottom of the cliff. Hospital profit margins bounced back in a big… Read More

By David Burda March 19, 2025

Outcomes

Burda on Healthcare: AI in Healthcare? I Don’t Know About That

Maybe it’s me. Maybe it’s because I turn 65 next month and will officially enter the demographic of… Read More

By David Burda March 18, 2025

Outcomes

4sight Friday 3/14/25

4sight Friday | Debating Medicaid’s Future | Laughing in the Emergency Room | Physicians Take PE Money and… Read More

By David Burda March 14, 2025

Economics

Physicians Take the PE Money and Run

One of the myriad hassles facing consumers in dealing with the healthcare system is physician turnover. Your primary… Read More

By David Burda March 12, 2025

Burda on Healthcare: Comedy Can Outweigh Drama in Hospital ERs

I’ve spent a lot of time in hospital emergency rooms lately. (I still say emergency rooms, not “emergency… Read More

By David Burda March 11, 2025

Outcomes