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How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think: 10 Questions with

Chaihorsky:Well, it could be either. Sometimes I think it’s both. When you step outside of yourself to create something new the world hasn’t seen yet, you probably are sacrificing a lot of personal comfort. You’re not taking jobs that could pay better because … See more

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Community Life Is Health: Health Multiplier Programming in Action

WEBResearch by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute has found that clinical care accounts for only 20% of an individual’s health outcomes (see chart). Social and economic factors, health behaviors and the physical environment account for the other 80%. As a nation, we spend far too much on clinical care and far …

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The Secret to Being a Good Healthcare Consumer Is Food

WEBI would eat the wrong food and tell the server it was delicious. But you wouldn’t. That’s when it hit me. The secret to healthcare consumerism is food. The passion that people feel about getting their food order right is the same passion that people should feel about getting their care right.

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AHA! Healthcare Is Both a Right and a Commodity

WEBAt the other end of the economic spectrum, the Indian Constitution proclaims healthcare is a basic human right for its citizens. Despite this, India has enormous unmet medical needs and limited insurance coverage. 70% of Indian healthcare transactions occur on a cash “pay as you go” basis. Throughout the world, societies provide and pay for

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Health Systems’ ESG Imperative: Making Cost-Effective …

WEBRyan Hayden. Ryan Hayden is Chief Digital and Strategy Officer at CREF, leads the ongoing development and deployment of iCREF and helps set the mission, vision, and goals for the company. Ryan focuses on forming and curating trusted relationships. Ryan has helped secure a Partnership Network including Fortune 100 companies that …

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Lessons Learned: One Health System’s Foray into

WEBOhioHealth is a not-for-profit health system based in Columbus, Ohio. It operates 12 acute-care hospitals and more than 200 outpatient sites, hospice, home health, medical equipment and other health care services over a 47-county area. OhioHealth is the definition of today’s modern health system. And it’s turning to service rationalization

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Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 2)

WEBStill Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 2) Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on healthcare revolution. This article builds on Part 1, which you can read here.. Based on a 23-year career as a solo-practicing rheumatologist, internist and geriatrician, followed by 18 years as president and CEO of a 715-bed, two-hospital …

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Healthcare’s Final Frontier: Engaging Consumers

WEBClinical care accounts for only 20% of health outcomes [9] as measured by longevity and life quality. The healthcare ecosystem devotes excessive resources to the 20% and underfunds the remaining 80% (see chart). The result is a demographic conundrum where overall American life expectancy is declining while the 90+ segment …

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The Health Literacy Gap Between Doctors and Patients

WEBSo now what we have is a health literacy gap between patients and their doctors over medical care and a health literacy gap between employees and employers (or members and health plans) over benefits. In both cases, the gaps are driving consumers to alternative sources of information about their health and about their insurance coverage.

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Eisenhower’s Nightmare: A Massive and Malignant

WEBThen, healthcare spending was 5% of GDP; today it is 20% — over twice the level at which Eisenhower agonized over the Military-Industrial Complex’s “unwarranted influence.”. Given its unrivaled economic scale, the Healthcare Industrial Complex has positioned itself to maximize its influence by spreading its malignant business practices.

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An Unbearable Burden: Paying for Commercial Health Insurance

WEBThe Index hit a record level of 31.5% in 2018. This confirms that commercial health insurance rates are once again growing faster than wages. This is a profoundly disturbing trend. As health care costs rise, health insurance premiums also rise. This requires both employers and employees to pay more for healthcare coverage.

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When Healthcare is a “Lemon”: Asymmetric

WEBWhen 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 Journal of Economics.Highlighting used-car sales, Akerlof explored why market failure occurs when used-car sellers have more information …

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What Are Patients Searching for on Your Hospital Website

WEBWhat Are Patients Searching for on Your Hospital Website? My ongoing search for signs of healthcare consumerism continued this past week with a read of NRC Health’s latest annual patient experience report.That followed a review of the latest annual Future of Health survey from ZS Associates, which I wrote about last week.. Like the ZS …

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Burda on Healthcare: Reading Between the Lines of Year-End …

WEBDavid Burda. David Burda began covering healthcare in 1983 and hasn’t stopped since. Dave writes this monthly column “Burda on Healthcare,” contributes weekly blog posts, manages our weekly newsletter 4sight Friday, and hosts our …

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Health Equity Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

WEBHealth Equity Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Each year on MLK Day, I reread Martin Luther King Jr’s powerful 1963 Letter from the Birmingham Jail.King’s compelling defense of nonviolent protest came in response to an ecumenical letter from eight southern clergy who questioned his “unwise and untimely” tactics.

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The Roaring ‘20s Then & Now: Insights on Healthcare’s Post …

WEBThe 1920s began in the immediate aftermath of World War I and the nation’s worst-ever pandemic. The 1918-19 pandemic killed 625,000 Americans and as many as 50 million people worldwide. Weary of global war and disease, America entered the 1920s with a profound sense of loss and deep uncertainty regarding its future.

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Podcast: Lena Chaihorsky’s Aha Healthcare Moment 11/22/22

WEBDavid Burda began covering healthcare in 1983 and hasn’t stopped since. Dave writes this monthly column “Burda on Healthcare,” contributes weekly blog posts, manages our weekly newsletter 4sight Friday, and hosts our weekly Roundup podcast. Dave believes that healthcare is a business like any other business, and customers — …

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Podcast: How Do We Make Rural Healthcare Accessible and …

WEBRural healthcare remains unaffordable for some. That’s the topic we tackled on the new episode of the 4sight Health Roundup podcast as we critiqued and ranked four rural health recommendations from The Commonwealth Fund. David W. Johnson is CEO of 4sight Health. Julie Vaughan Murchinson is Partner of Transformation Capital and …

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Why Cutting Out the Middleman Can Reduce Healthcare Spending

WEBPBMs’ cut of the $100 jumped to $14 from $6. Wholesalers’ cut of the $100 rose to $8 from $5. And health plans’ cut of the $100 slipped to $10 from $14. In short, the ones who made the insulin and the ones who paid for the insulin took a hit. But everyone else in the middle padded their wallets. “Although manufacturers have been

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Public Health and Healthcare in Post-COVID America

WEB2 In the early 1900s, health epidemics ranging from cholera to typhoid plagued America’s increasingly crowded and polluted cities. Public health services emerged during this time to manage

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The Roaring ‘20s Then & Now

WEBThe 1920s began in the immediate aftermath of World War I and the nation’s worst-ever pandemic. The 1918-19 pandemic killed 625,000 Americans and as many as 50 million people worldwide. Weary of global war and disease, America entered the 1920s with a profound sense of loss and deep uncertainty regarding its future.

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