Category: Outcomes

Letting Go: Steward Sells Its Hospitals and Embraces Patient-Centric Care

Last September, Massachusetts-based Steward Health Care System announced that it would sell its 9 hospitals to Alabama-based Medical… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Robert Fraiman January 23, 2017

Behavioral Health Goes Local: The Emergence of Integrated, Community-Based Services

by Todd Rudsenske and David W. Johnson From addiction to depression to psychosis, mental illness exacts a growing… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 29, 2016

Outcomes

Overcoming Medical Errors of Omission: The Cure Requires Organizational Empathy

Organizations fail or decline more frequently because of what they did not do than because of what they… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 18, 2016

Consumerism

Winning “The Cub Way”: It Takes an Organization

The Cubs just finished the 2016 regular season with 103 wins and baseball’s best record by a mile…. Read More

By David W. Johnson October 4, 2016

Outcomes

Market Evolution: Addressing Structural Flaws on Public Health Exchanges

After two-plus years of operations, clear structural flaws have emerged in the design and function of public health… Read More

By David W. Johnson September 20, 2016

Outcomes

Summer Book Report: 4sight Health’s Busy August

With Labor Day weekend approaching, state fairs in full swing, and the barbeque calling, most of us have… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 30, 2016

Consumerism

Being American: How Exceptionalism Is Transforming U.S. Healthcare

Midway through the Rio Olympics, the prowess of the diverse, raucous and remarkably talented U.S. team is on… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 16, 2016

Outcomes

Where’s the Beef? Employers Question the Value of Hospital Mergers

In an iconic 1984 commercial for Wendy’s hamburgers, the diminutive octogenarian Clara Peller and two friends are eating… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 10, 2016

Consumerism

Obama Speaks: A Presidential Assessment of Obamacare

Market Corner Commentary for July 27, 2016 Earlier this month, President Obama took the unprecedented step of authoring… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 26, 2016

Outcomes