Category: System Dynamics

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

The Deep State of Physician Prescribing Patterns

And you thought changing patients’ health behaviors was going to be hard. Try changing physicians’ drug prescribing patterns…. Read More

By David Burda May 9, 2019

Consumerism

An Unbearable Burden (Part 2): Wide Variations in State Health Insurance Costs

The Healthcare Affordability Index (Index) is a simple and powerful metric for assessing the impact of rising healthcare… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 7, 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

Policy

Market Corner Conversations: Merrill Goozner, Modern Healthcare Editor Emeritus & Author

Merrill Goozner passionately points out the stark contrast between well-functioning industries and the US pharma industry, especially its… Read More

By David W. Johnson 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

Consumerism

Let’s Get Real: Medicare for All Can’t Work, but Affordable Health Insurance for All Can

As it has in the last three presidential elections, healthcare is emerging as a decisive political issue in… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 24, 2019

Economics

This Is a Story About Where Healthcare Regulations Come From – Burda on Healthcare

Healthcare is one of the most if not the most regulated industry in the U.S. While its businesses… Read More

By David Burda April 23, 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

System Dynamics