Category: Outcomes

4sight Friday | Learning COVID Mortality Math | On Hold For Virtual Care

Read 2/25/2022 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More

By David Burda February 25, 2022

Economics

Death Math

Many analysts are using “excess deaths” as a proxy for COVID deaths during the pandemic. It’s not that… Read More

By Kerry Weems February 24, 2022

Are Your Patients Willing to Wait?

I’ve never been much for company-sponsored surveys. They’re all self-serving, and they reach the same inevitable conclusion: our… Read More

By David Burda February 23, 2022

Economics

It’s The Payment Models, Stupid! (Part 1): Maryland Leads The Way

On February 9th and 10th, Health Affairs published a two-part article by Zeke Emanuel, Merrill Goozner, Matt Guido… Read More

By David W. Johnson February 15, 2022

Outcomes

Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Can We Cure Structural Racism in Healthcare with a Fifth Aim?, 2/11/22

Can We Cure Structural Racism in Healthcare with a Fifth Aim? Advocates want to make health equity a… Read More

By David Burda February 11, 2022

The Courage to Change: A Soundtrack

In the 70s, the Hamilton Brothers sang “Music Makes the World Go Round.” Nowhere is this truer than… Read More

By Stephen K. Klasko February 10, 2022

4sight Friday | Provider Know Thy Customer | Video Rocks Consumer Healthcare | What Patients See

Read 2/4/2022 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More

By David Burda February 4, 2022

Outcomes

Would Healthcare Have Gotten Away with Health Inequity if it Wasn’t for that Meddling Virus?

I’m a big fan of the original Scooby-Doo cartoon series, “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” I laugh every time… Read More

By David Burda February 2, 2022

Burda on Healthcare: Provider, Know Thy Customer

I had what I consider my first real telemedicine visit with a doctor the other day. I didn’t… Read More

By David Burda February 1, 2022

Outcomes