by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 21, 2019 | ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs), Atrius Health, Community Health Workers., Featured Post, Nursing Shortages
It’s been my contention for several years that workforce issues will ultimately displace concerns about revenue and finance as the number one focus of healthcare boards and managers. I think that time has come. Across the country, providers of care in small town and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 17, 2019 | Alabama's Abortion Law, Attack on The ACA Through the Courts, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Featured Post, Poverty and healthcare, states' rights, The 2020 elections, the equal protection clause
17 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, States’ Rights, Really? My wife enjoys scanning Facebook where there are many people with no reluctance to speak their mind on any issue under the sun. Over the last couple of days she has observed that there has been...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 14, 2019 | Dean Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health
If you are a close reader of these notes, you’ve probably figured out that my career was as a physician first and then secondarily as a healthcare administrator who was fascinated by the many facets of healthcare management and policy. Put into the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 10, 2019 | Featured Post, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Happiness, Joy, The Soul
10 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, I Am Not Sure How Much More I Can Take In November 2017 the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published an opinion piece entitled, “How To Reduce Shootings.” He began the article by pointing out how different...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 7, 2019 | Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health in America, Opioid Epidemic, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Homeless
I took the picture that heads up this post on a walk this week in Albuquerque. I was there to visit my son and his wife. They moved to Albuquerque in 2007. For my daughter-in-law it was a return to her hometown. Both of her parents had been teachers in the Albuquerque...