Commentaries

Outcomes In an iconic 1984 commercial for Wendy’s hamburgers, the diminutive octogenarian Clara Peller and two friends are eating… Read More

Consumerism With pride and promise just two short years ago, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) introduced Prominence Health, a wholly-owned… Read More

Consumerism Market Corner Commentary for July 27, 2016 Earlier this month, President Obama took the unprecedented step of authoring… Read More

Outcomes Market Corner Commentary for July 20, 2016 Last month, Reed Abelson of the New York Times chronicled the… Read More

Outcomes The tango is a beautiful, complex, fast-paced dance that gets the heart racing for participants and spectators alike…. Read More

Uncategorized Health companies experience excessive variation in clinical outcomes, quality metrics, procedure pricing and customer satisfaction. This frustrates providers,… Read More

Consumerism Gold’s glitter and the lure of quick riches led 90,000 unruly prospectors to California in 1849. The gold… Read More

Consumerism The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) released its annual report of healthcare prices last month. To no-one’s surprise,… Read More

Consumerism Liberated data connects people, informs decision-making, stimulates innovation, streamlines production, creates wealth and advances humanity.  The upward trajectory… Read More