By David Burda – In Bargain, Pete Townshend of The Who sings, “One and one don’t make two. One and one make one.” It’s the romantic notion that when two people who are right for each other get together they essentially become one person. A new being. They are better together than they are apart.
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By David Burda – One of my favorite scenes in The Princess Bride is when Miracle Max tells Inigo and Fezzik that Westley is “mostly dead,” which means he’s “slightly alive.” There’s hope for a full recovery. We can say the same thing about value-based reimbursement, if we have as much faith in a few recent VBR status reports as Inigo and Fezzik have in Miracle Max.
By David Burda – As I’ve said before, healthcare providers know how to make patient care as safe as possible. They just lack the total commitment and the right financial incentives to do so. With that bias in mind, another report destined for an email or file folder is out on how to make care safer.
New On Demand Healthcare Upside/Down: With guest David Johnson, the author of two critically acclaimed books and the founder and CEO of 4sight Health. He joins Dr. Nick on Healthcare Upside Down to discuss digital exchange platforms, data liquidity, and the healthcare industrial complex.
By David Burda – Welcome to the latest installment of 4sight Health’s monthly series, How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think, with Glen Tullman. Our interview series profiles healthcare instigators who believe that outcomes matter, customers count and value rules.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of October that we think deserve sharing again.
By David W. Johnson – My sister recently gave me a t-shirt that proclaims, “I speak in movie lines, song lyrics and sarcasm.” At least the middle part of that proclamation applies to this month’s song, “Sweet Hospital-at-Home,” sung to the tune of Leonard Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama.”
By David Burda – A caveat before you keep reading. As a journalist, I see things as half empty. I leave the half full to the marketing, communications and public relations people. With that bias out in the open, it turns out that not every hospital or health system loves their group purchasing organization.
By David Burda – They say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. That sage advice apparently applies equally to people suffering from an addiction and people running a health system. A new study in the Journal of Healthcare Management reveals a big gap between what many executives think of their health system’s performance and how their system actually performs.