Category: Outcomes

Economics

Hospitals Posted Record Profit Margins?

To answer the question in the headline, which I haven’t seen anywhere yet, is yes. Yes they did…. Read More

By David Burda March 22, 2023

Confessions of a Former Chief Strategy Officer (Part 1)

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 in a series on strategy in healthcare. Read Part 2 here. When… Read More

By Dr. Carladenise Edwards March 21, 2023

Reimagining Healthcare Staffing: Partnership-Focused, Data-Informed, Nurse-Centric

In 2006, Warren Buffett quipped that, “GM is a health and benefits company with an auto company attached.”… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 16, 2023

Outcomes

Delivery Failures and Nursing Burden (Part 1): It’s Worse Than You Think

This is Part 1 of a series on nursing burdens. In the follow-up piece, 4sight Health’s David W…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jake Crampton March 2, 2023

Outcomes

Podcast: Time to Break the Primary Care Mold 3/2/23

A spate of reports on primary care all point to the failures of the current primary care system… Read More

By David Burda March 2, 2023

Old vs. New Medicine: It’s Time to Topple the Hierarchy

In 2007, Donald Berwick and his colleagues at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement introduced the concept of healthcare’s… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David B. Nash, MD, MBA February 21, 2023

Outcomes

The Way Healthcare’s Working Isn’t Working (Part 2): Changing Mechanics

Note: This is Part 2 in a series about system dynamics in healthcare, exploring how healthcare organizations can… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Brianna Zink February 16, 2023

Policy

Podcast: You Are What You Eat. Or Are Prescribed. 2/16/23

We talked about the FDA’s new plan to improve the nation’s diet and whether health insurers should cover… Read More

By David Burda February 16, 2023

Are Healthcare Consumers Starting to Feel Their Oats?

I played a lot of baseball when I was younger, and I helped coach my sons’ baseball teams… Read More

By David Burda February 15, 2023

Outcomes