Yes, US Healthcare can be a puzzle. Or worse, a labyrinth, a Gordian knot. First, I would probably spend 5-10 hours skimming The Health Care Handbook 3rd edition, 2023 Askins, Moore. Google things of interest.
As a second step, here is my resource list of 90+ links to thoughtful articles, websites, podcasts, videos, and other get-smart-tools. Good stuff. Provided some grouping, but this is definitely not MECE. Let me know what other links I should add. In the meantime, dig in, geek out.
Start Here. . .
- Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? TedX, 2012, (19 min)
- Health of Health Care System, KFF video, 2019 (3 min)
- Why US Healthcare is Getting More Expensive, WSJ video, 2022 (11 min)
- Triple Aim videos, IHI, (menu of 20 videos)
- Healthcare Outlook: Smart Healthcare, Deloitte, 2018 (32 pg)
- Future of Healthcare, McKinsey, 2018 (13 pg)
- Don Berwick: Explaining ACA, IHI video (17 min)
Healthcare System Delivery
- American is a Healthcare Outlier, Economist, 2018
- Health System CEO Survey, Deloitte, 2017 (3Mb, 30pg)
- Service Line: Smart Growing Workbook, Sg2, 2012 (20 pg)
- American Hospital Association Chartbook, 2019 (2Mb, 150pg)
- How Health Ratings Work, Advisory Board, 2019
- Five Trends Affecting Service Line Economics, Advisory Board, 2019
- At These Hospitals Recovery is Rare, but Comfort is Not, NY Times, 2014 (2000 words)
Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences / MedTech
- How Drug Prices Work, WSJ video, 2020 (6 min)
- Drug Trend Report, 2017, Express Scripts (3Mb download, 14 pg)
- Pulse of the Industry, E&Y, 2018 (62 pg)
- Global Life Sciences Outlook, Deloitte, 2019, (54 pg)
- Executive’s Guide to Pharmacy Issues, Advisory Board, 2019
- Global Generics and Biosimilar Trends, IQVIA, 2018 (62 pg)
- Healthcare Moneytree Report, PWC
- Future of Oncology, KPMG, 2018, (21 pg)
- Pfizer Oncology Investor Relations at Cowen Healthcare, 2019, (6 pg)
- Pfizer Annual reports, 2023 (multiple)
- Abbvie Investor Relations at JP Morgan, 2019 (17 pg)
- Medical Device Manufacturers Association, website
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization, website
Technology and IT
- Death by A Thousand Clicks: Where the Electronic Health Records Went Wrong, Forbes, 2019 (9,000 words)
- Optum Analytics Handbook, Maturity Model, 2018 (24 pg)
- Is this the Future of Healthcare video, Dr. Topol, 2019 (6 min)
- Hypecycle with Healthcare IT for US Payers, Gartner, 2018 (66 pg)
- Demystifying AI in Healthcare, Rock Health, 2017
- Democratization of Healthcare, Stanford Health, 2019, (12 pg)
- Disruptive Approach to Drive eHealth, McKinsey, 2017 (12 pg)
- Cerner Investor Relations at HIMSS, 2019, (101 pg)
- Allscripts Investor Relations at JP Morgan (24 pg)
- EPIC website (privately held)
Payer / Insurance
- Same Surgery, Different Prices: Why Hospital Bills Vary So Much, WSJ video, 2022 (8 min)
- Reason for Employer-Sponsored Health Plans, NY Times, 2017
- Accidents of History = US Healthcare, NPR podcast, 2009 (7 min)
- CVS / Aetna Investor Relations at JP Morgan, 2019 (24 pg)
- Americas Health Insurance Plans, website
Distribution / Supply Chain
- Premier Investor Relations at Raymond James (37pg)
- McKesson annual reports, 2022 (multiple)
- Cardinal Health annual reports, 2022 (multiple)
Healthcare Providers
- HCA investor relations, 2022 (multiple)
- ACGME Data Resource Book, 2018 (8.2Mb download, 164 pg)
- Eliminating Power Dynamics, Advisory Board video, 2017 (3 min)
- What is AIDET, Studer Group, 2014 (34 pg)
Cost
- Providing Better Care for Less, IHI video, 2018 (2 min)
- The Cost Conundrum, New Yorker, Atul Gawande, 2009 (8,000 words)
- The Productivity Imperative, McKinsey, 2019 (96 pg) – start on pg 75
- State of Hospital Cost Transformation, Kauffman Hall, 2018 (32 pg)
Public Health / Access
- What is Health Equity? IHI / Harvard, 2016 (4 min)
- States with Medicaid Expansion, Advisory Board, 2019
- Why is Insulin so Expensive? NPR podcast, 2018
- Commonwealth Fund, website
- Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, website
Quality
- Making Healthcare Better, NY Times, 2009 (8,000+ words)
- Checklist Manifesto video, Atul Gawande, (59 min)
- Workforce Optimization videos, Advisory Board (menu of 120 videos)
- Physician Engagement videos, Advisory Board (menu of 90 videos)
- Improvement videos, IHI (menu of 100+ videos)
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity / M&A Report, 2018, Bain&Co (6Mb download, 48 pg)
- Private Equity / M&A Report, 2022, Bain &Com (15Mb download, 100 pg)
Leadership / Ethics
- Healthcare Around the World, TR Reid video, 2012 (26 min)
- Atul Gawande on End-of-Life Care video, Economist (7 min)
- Lessons from the C-suite, Advisory Board, 2012-2019
- Future of Patient Data, Accenture, 2018 (68 pg)
Integrated Models of Care
- Making Healthacare Affordable video, Narayana Health, 2017 (7min)
- Model of Integrated Care video, Cleveland Clinic (3 min)
- Clinic Aims to Improve Quality, Lower Cost, CBS (5 min)
MyHealth / Consumerism
- Pay Patients, Save Money, Planet Money podcast #655, 2015 (25 min)
- CEO of Oscar Health: How to Disrupt Healthcare, CNBC video, (3 min)
Newsletters / Daily Updates
- Advisory Board Daily Briefing
- Fortune: Brainstorm Health Daily
- Becker’s Hospital Review
- Modern Healthcare
- Drug Channels (pharma economics drug distribution)
- Aunt Minnie (imaging services)
- Endpoints (biotechnology, pharma R&D)
- HFMA (healthcare financial management)
- Health Law 360 (Legal news related to healthcare)
This is a great resource .. thank you for pulling this together. Now it’s just up to me to read through it!
Naw – it’ll be here, next time you have a question. . .
Amazing resource! Purchased the book and started reading through it this weekend.
Also reviewing Advisory Board’s 2019 Market Trends deck this week. Their work continually impresses me.
Best,
Mike
Absolutely.
This is so useful, thank you so much! Out of interest, how would you personally go about compiling the same ‘starter pack’ of good information for another industry? I’ve read your blog on research skills when jumping on a project, but any tips for a more macro search like this? Cheers
Dan – that’s a great question. For US Healthcare, was 7 years as a health system consultant, and taught 1 semester. For a new industry -straight off the bench. My thought process would likely look like: 1) S&P industry survey (if you have access) 2) publicly traded companies’ investor relation presentations 3) top 10 consulting firm white papers on the topic 4) then it starts getting a bit wild (linkedin, quora, industry lobby organizations etc). . . hope this helps.