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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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Economics
Forced Resignations at NCH Healthcare System Expose Medicine’s Dark Side
An ongoing feud between independent physicians and hospital administrators in Naples, Florida, exploded last month, damaging the trust… Read More
By February 12, 2019
Consumerism
An Unbearable Burden: Paying for Commercial Health Insurance
The Healthcare Affordability Index (the Index) is a simple and powerful metric for assessing the impact of rising… Read More
By February 5, 2019
Economics
After the Breakups: Big Payers Find Vertical Love in New Faces
In rapid succession at the end of 2018, CVS closed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna and Cigna… Read More
By and January 29, 2019
Innovation
Everyone Knows What’s Going to Happen in Healthcare in 2019. Do You? – Burda on Healthcare
What’s going to happen in healthcare this year is anyone’s guess. Not really. What’s going to happen in… Read More
By January 23, 2019
Consumerism
When the Price Is Right: Aligning Payment with Health System Transformation
In 1952 at the tender age of 25, Elizabeth became the Queen of England upon the death of… Read More
By and January 15, 2019
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