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ZDogg Speaks: Rebooting Primary Care (The Unedited Version)

For the better part of a decade, I practiced inpatient hospital medicine at a large academic center (the… Read More

By David W. Johnson February 20, 2017

Moving at the Speed of Medicine: Turbo-Charging Performance with Strategic Partnerships

Insourcing is a time-honored practice employed by market-dominant companies. Rather than contract with external experts, companies dedicate internal… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Jake Crampton February 6, 2017

Economics

Letting Go: Steward Sells Its Hospitals and Embraces Patient-Centric Care

Last September, Massachusetts-based Steward Health Care System announced that it would sell its 9 hospitals to Alabama-based Medical… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Robert Fraiman January 23, 2017

Consumerism

Mile High Potential: NFL Veterans Tackle America’s Opioid Crisis

Professional football has long since surpassed baseball as America’s most popular sport. The NFL’s Super Bowl is a… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Richard A. Kimball, Jr. January 9, 2017

Economics

The Rise and Fall of Academic Medicine: AMC Competitiveness in Post-Reform Healthcare

Rome wasn’t built in a day and didn’t collapse overnight. After centuries of growth, prosperity and domination, the… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David Morlock December 12, 2016

Outcomes

Channel Shifting: Ominous Black Friday Trends for Health Systems

The results are in. The National Retail Federation (NRF) just released their survey results for post-Thanksgiving shopping. The… Read More

By David W. Johnson December 6, 2016

System Dynamics

Behavioral Health Goes Local: The Emergence of Integrated, Community-Based Services

by Todd Rudsenske and David W. Johnson From addiction to depression to psychosis, mental illness exacts a growing… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 29, 2016

Policy

Healthcare’s Gettysburg Moment

Seven score and thirteen years ago this month (November 19, 1863), Abraham Lincoln delivered his renowned Gettysburg Address… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 21, 2016

Policy

Overturning Obamacare: A 5-Point Plan for President-Elect Donald Trump

Two weeks ago, I distributed a 5-Point healthcare plan for presumed President-elect Hillary Clinton. That was then. In… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 15, 2016

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