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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 May 7, 2019
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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 April 25, 2019
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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 April 24, 2019
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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 April 23, 2019
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Consumerism
Consolidating Retail Medicine: Positioning Single-Specialty Practices for Acquisition
Single-specialty medical practices are the front door of American medicine. Dentists, Dermatologists, Ophthalmologists, GI doctors, ENT doctors, Internists,… Read More
By and April 9, 2019
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Economics
Interoperability Battle Lines: Data Freedom Fighters vs. Entrenched Data Blockers
On a cold Minnesota morning in January 2018, Fairview Health Services CEO James Hereford addressed Twin Cities business… Read More
By March 26, 2019
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Consumerism
The Strained Relationship Between Doctors and Patients – Burda on Healthcare
What if you walked into your doctor’s office and there was a sign hanging in the waiting room… Read More
By March 19, 2019
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Consumerism
The Big (Tech-Enabled) Shift: Turning Healthcare Consumers into Customers
Consumerism was the hot topic at this year’s HIMSS conference in Orlando and at the JP Morgan conference…. Read More
By and March 12, 2019
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Economics
When Pillars Crumble: A Warning for Healthcare?
Raghuram Rajan’s new book The Third Pillar provides an insightful framework for understanding the interconnected relationships between the… Read More
By March 5, 2019
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