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Wary Patients Make Good Healthcare Consumers

Why stop now? I’ve written about healthcare consumerism in the previous two blogs posts. Let’s make it three… Read More

By David Burda March 1, 2023

What Are Patients Searching for on Your Hospital Website?

My ongoing search for signs of healthcare consumerism continued this past week with a read of NRC Health’s… Read More

By David Burda February 22, 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

Economics

Five More Things I Didn’t Know About Drugs and Drug Prices

Anytime I write about drug costs or the pharmaceutical industry, I get a handful of emails telling me… Read More

By David Burda February 8, 2023

Don’t Drink ONC’s Glass-Half-Full Hospital Interoperability Report

Yes, my journalistic skepticism borders on cynicism. But come on already! Nearly 40 percent of hospitals in the… Read More

By David Burda February 1, 2023

Walking Healthcare’s Green Mile

I almost died two weeks ago. Of laughter. As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I had… Read More

By David Burda January 25, 2023

Economics

Keep Moving. Nothing to See Here. Just Another Double-Digit Increase in Medicare Advantage Spending

I’m starting to run out of clever headlines to tell the same story. Spending on Medicare Advantage plans… Read More

By David Burda January 18, 2023

Economics

The Booming Burnout Business

I have no doubt that burnout is real and pervasive in healthcare. It’s a big driver of the… Read More

By David Burda January 11, 2023

Economics

Connecting the Anticompetitive Dots Between Physician Work Hours and Physician Supply and Demand

In a recent blog post, I wrote about doctors and nurse practitioners having a lot in common other… Read More

By David Burda January 4, 2023

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