by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 30, 2018 | Activism in Healthcare, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, political polarization
30 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Hidden Tribes and the Future of Healthcare Last spring I read The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. It was written by Jonathan Haidt who is a “moral and political”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 27, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, Activism in Healthcare, Empathy, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Politics, The Triple Aim
Most of the big issues that we fret about seem far beyond our individual ability to make a difference. It is hard for us to look at a big societal issue and imagine just how our individual contributions can matter. I worry about climate change and hope that my efforts...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 23, 2018 | ACA, Future of Heathcare, hospital closings in rural America, rural healthcare, Staffing issues in rural healthcare
23 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, A Birthday of Sorts On November 22, 2013 I resumed writing my weekly letter after a three week hiatus. As November had begun I was in the process of transitioning into retirement. The interim management team did not...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 20, 2018 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Michelle Obama, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim
Much has been written in recent years about medicine and the physician…A cursory survey of what has been written…permits the conclusion that medical science comes off rather well and the doctor’s image not so well. One gains the impression that doctors as...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 16, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, Burnout, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Inequality, patient centered care, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
16 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Things To Ponder I have recently finished reading Jill Lapore’s These Truths: a History of the United States. Lepore finishes the book with a forward looking question: Barack Obama had urged...