Category: Outcomes

Healthcare Trials, Tribulations and Potential Triumphs for Chicago’s New Mayor

On May 15, 2023, the city of Chicago swore in Brandon Johnson as its 57th mayor. Chicago is… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 23, 2023

Economics

Hospital-Based Cardiologists Are Putting More Than Just Their Hearts Into It

Thirty or so years ago, I experienced chest pain after doing some strenuous yard work. I was using… Read More

By David Burda May 17, 2023

Delivery Failures and Nursing Burden (Part 2): Advanced Logistics to the Rescue

This is Part 2 of a series on nursing burdens in healthcare. Part 1 looks at ways healthcare… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jake Crampton May 16, 2023

Policy

The Shiny New Mass Shooting Objects That Are Distracting and Desensitizing Us to a Public Health Crisis

Gun violence is a public health crisis in the U.S. You don’t need any more evidence than the… Read More

By David Burda May 10, 2023

Policy

Academic Medicine: Where Privilege Compounds Organizational Dysfunction

Academic medicine combines healthcare with higher education, the two sectors of the American economy that have exhibited outsized… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 9, 2023

Outcomes

4sight Friday | Pediatrician, Magician, Disruptor | Can Kaiser and Geisinger Make It Work? | An Analogy for Fee-For-Service Medicine

Read the 5/5/2023 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda May 5, 2023

Economics

Is Fee-For-Service Medicine More Like a Rash, an Addiction or an Old Car?

I love analogies. I think they’re one of the most effective ways to describe something or someone when… Read More

By David Burda May 3, 2023

Outcomes

Burda on Healthcare: Scared Healthy

We all know there is one, surefire patient safety strategy: Stay healthy so you never have to go… Read More

By David Burda April 27, 2023

The R.N. and the Controller: Two Revolutionaries Battle the Healthcare Industrial Complex®

The 1970s was a dark period in U.S. history. Watergate, the energy crisis, environmental degradation, stagflation, rising crime,… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 25, 2023

Outcomes