The January 2020 issue of the Harvard Business Review featured an article on the 5% of patients who account for 50% of healthcare costs. In it, Philip Madvig and I presented a strategy for (a) helping patients with chronic diseases and (b) lowering the cost of care,...
With the New Year underway, both Congress and the judiciary are expected to debate a range of crucial healthcare issues. In last month’s reader survey, I asked readers to predict which actions will take place before the end of next year. Here are the full results:...
Over the next month and a half, Americans will put a lot on their plates. And not just turkey. During the holidays, we're expected to give thanks for what we have (Thanksgiving), fulfill the wishes of others (Christmas and Hanukkah) and resolve to do better next year...
If you received the November issue of Monthly Musings On American Healthcare, perhaps you saw the pair of feature stories that helped inspire the following survey results. The first article examined our fear of new technologies and why doctors often blame machines for...
TV can provide surprisingly deep insights into American life, depicting (and sometimes predicting) cultural movements before they reach the mainstream. My Forbes article From ‘House’ To ‘Diagnosis’: The Evolution of 21st-Century Medicine (As Seen On TV) took a look at...
The U.S. healthcare system has no shortage of problems. Independent studies confirm it’s the most expensive and least effective in the developed world. There’s also no shortage of ideas to reverse rising costs, lagging quality and declining satisfaction ratings....
What Does “The Culture Of Medicine” Mean To You? In September 2019, I presented clinicians and non-clinicians with a word-association survey on my website. I asked readers of my monthly newsletter (and followers on social media) to weigh in the same two questions:...
What Does “The Culture Of Medicine” Mean To You? In September 2019, I presented clinicians and non-clinicians with a word-association survey on my website. I asked readers of my monthly newsletter (and followers on social media) to weigh in the same two questions:...
There’s no shortage of surveys that examine physician burnout from the perspective of the doctor. In July, readers of the "Monthly Musings On American Healthcare" newsletter were asked to offer a different POV on burnout. Whether they work in healthcare or not,...
Health policy experts have pointed out that the United States spends dramatically more than other nations on medical care, but markedly less on social services like childcare, nutritional assistance, and parental leave following childbirth. How we allocate the...