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Getting Precise about Precision Medicine: Balancing Hope, Potential and Cost

Definitions of precision medicine are anything but precise. For seriously ill patients and their families, precision medicine therapies… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Harold Picken, MD January 8, 2019

Policy

Eisenhower’s Prophecy: The Healthcare Industrial Complex®

On January 17, 1961, three days before leaving office, Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the nation one last… Read More

By David W. Johnson December 19, 2018

Frontline Decisions in Real Time: What Health Systems Can Learn from the U.S. Military’s Defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq

“The teams were operating independently—like workers in an efficient factory—while trying to keep pace with an interdependent environment…. Read More

By David W. Johnson and Mudit Garg December 12, 2018

Economics

Brand-Heavy and Asset-Light: Moving Beyond the Acute-Care Mindset

For health systems, the day of reckoning is near. A recent Morgan Stanley report states that over 1,000… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David Morlock November 14, 2018

Innovation

No Time to Waste: Revolutionizing Healthcare Data Collection, Curation and Application

Healthcare data wants to be free, but it is oppressed. Entrenched oligarchs trap information within closed, centralized systems… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 24, 2018

Innovation

A Concrete Description Of The Cloud

In the simplest terms, cloud computing means storing data and software applications on the Internet, in secure files, then… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 24, 2018

Consumerism

Autism Therapy Shines Bright: Early Intervention, Improved Access and Individualized Care Change Lives

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is the nation’s fastest-growing developmental disorder, one that touches each child and family in… Read More

By David W. Johnson, Todd Rudsenske and Daniel A. Gofman October 4, 2018

Consumerism

Geeking-Up Healthcare: Consumer Giant Best Buy Makes a Big Move

Healthcare has experienced a parade of surprising megamergers and acquisitions during the last year. At first glance, Best… Read More

By David W. Johnson September 19, 2018

Outcomes

As GM Goes, So Goes Healthcare: Dynamics of Demand-Driven Reform

“For years I [have] thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice… Read More

By David W. Johnson September 5, 2018

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