Archive For: Commentaries

Chasing Colonoscopies: It’s the Customer, Stupid!

Who knew a routine colonoscopy could illuminate the wild world of healthcare consumerism? Before getting to my story,… Read More

By David W. Johnson June 17, 2015

Innovation

Deep Web Rising: Healthcare’s Looming Cyber Threat

A version of this commentary first appeared April 30th in “Academy 360”-Deep Web Rising: Healthcare’s Looming Cyber Threat… Read More

By David W. Johnson June 10, 2015

Policy

Supreme Court vs. Obamacare II: Decision Time

This article first appeared in Huron Perspectives on June 2, 2015-Supreme Court vs. Obamacare II: Decision Time The… Read More

By David W. Johnson June 2, 2015

Outcomes

Holy Sheets! Fast-Tracking Delivery Innovation 

Holy Sheets! Fast-Tracking Delivery Innovation Hospitals have used cotton linens since the early 1900s. Crisp, white sheets touch… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 26, 2015

Consumerism

Exploiting Perverse Incentives: Kentucky Basketball and Prime Healthcare

Hoping to become college basketball’s first undefeated champion in almost forty years, the Kentucky Wildcats captured the… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 30, 2015

Consumerism

When Healthcare is a “Lemon”: Asymmetric Information and Market Failure

In 1970, George Akerlof published “The Market for “Lemons”: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism” in The Quarterly… Read More

By David W. Johnson March 3, 2015

Economics

Supreme Court vs. Obamacare II: High Drama; Not the “Main Event”

The “Thrilla in Manila” in 1975 was Mohammad Ali and Joe Frazier’s second championship fight. In 1967, Ali… Read More

By David W. Johnson February 5, 2015

Commentaries