Archive For: Commentaries

Steve Klasko is Feelin’ Alright

In the summer of 2022, Steve Klasko asked me to write a preface for “Feelin’ Alright,” his book… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 23, 2023

Confessions of a Former Chief Strategy Officer (Part 1)

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 in a series on strategy in healthcare. Read Part 2 here. When… Read More

By Dr. Carladenise Edwards March 21, 2023

Reimagining Healthcare Staffing: Partnership-Focused, Data-Informed, Nurse-Centric

In 2006, Warren Buffett quipped that, “GM is a health and benefits company with an auto company attached.”… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 16, 2023

Policy

Kerry Weems Commentary: Medicare and the Social Contract

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, President Biden released portions of his budget for Fiscal Year 2024. [1] As… Read More

By Kerry Weems March 9, 2023

Confessions of a Former Chief Strategy Officer (2-Part Series)

In this series, 4sight Health’s Dr. Carladenise Edwards shares lessons she learned as a three-time chief strategy officer… Read More

By Dr. Carladenise Edwards March 4, 2023

Outcomes

Delivery Failures and Nursing Burden (Part 1): It’s Worse Than You Think

This is Part 1 of a series on nursing burdens. In the follow-up piece, 4sight Health’s David W…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jake Crampton March 2, 2023

Economics

The Debt Ceiling and the Death of Fee for Service

You might not remember Richard Schweiker despite his 20 years in the U.S. House and Senate, despite him… Read More

By Kerry Weems February 28, 2023

Old vs. New Medicine: It’s Time to Topple the Hierarchy

In 2007, Donald Berwick and his colleagues at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement introduced the concept of healthcare’s… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David B. Nash, MD, MBA February 21, 2023

Outcomes

The Way Healthcare’s Working Isn’t Working (Part 2): Changing Mechanics

Note: This is Part 2 in a series about system dynamics in healthcare, exploring how healthcare organizations can… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Brianna Zink February 16, 2023

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