Category: Outcomes

Economics

More on Why Employers Should Pay Attention to Behavioral Health

More on the what and the why of employers and behavioral health, and what both mean for remaking… Read More

By David Burda June 5, 2019

Economics

Doctors and the Laws of Supply and Demand – Burda on Healthcare

It’s a great time to go to medical school and become a doctor. Ignore all the manufactured angst… Read More

By David Burda May 30, 2019

Consumerism

Hitting a Wall on EHR Interoperability, Patient Access

You know that moment when you “hit the wall” when you’re running a marathon? I don’t. But, I’m… Read More

By David Burda May 29, 2019

Consumerism

What Fish and Colonoscopies Have in Common

By now you know you should never order fish at a restaurant on a Monday. That’s because the… Read More

By David Burda May 23, 2019

Economics

What Businesses Say They’re Doing About Their Employees’ Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health says 46.6 million adults suffered from some form of mental illness in… Read More

By David Burda May 16, 2019

Consumerism

Why Millennials May Be Pushing Us Off a Healthcare Cliff

I’m not sure that US millennials are going to have a happy ending when it comes to their… Read More

By David Burda May 2, 2019

Consumerism

Death by Healthcare Knockoff

Knockoffs usually aren’t as good as the originals, whether they’re golf clubs, purses or pressure cookers. A new… Read More

By David Burda April 25, 2019

Economics

Culture Change Isn’t a Natural for Healthcare Organizations

“We must begin by asking it, ‘What is losing?’ Losing is a disease. As contagious as polio. Losing… Read More

By David Burda April 18, 2019

Outcomes

Opioid Variations and State Interventions

Like companies in any other industry, when providers misbehave, it opens the door to state regulation of their… Read More

By David Burda March 28, 2019

Outcomes