by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 15, 2019 | Administrative Waste, Atrius Health, Costs, Don Berwick, Lean, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare
This posting is brought to you thanks to a note I received on Sunday from a loyal “Interested Reader.” Hi Gene, I thought of you upon reading this clearly-written article in the NYTimes this morning: I hope all is well and that you are enjoying...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 8, 2019 | Atrius Health, Colleagues, Continuous Improvement, Dean Robert Ebert, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Innovation in Healthcare
On October 1, 1969, against substantial opposition from many of the faculty members at Harvard Medical School and others in the Boston medical community, Dr. Robert Ebert succeeded in launching the Harvard Community Health Plan. Forty years later, in 2009, several of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 4, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Atrius Health, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Culture, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare finance, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, the difficulties of change, The Quality Chasm, The Triple Aim
4 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, A Closer Look At Strategy and Culture I really appreciate getting comments from my readers. Most of the comments do not come through the comment function of the letter. Most “interested readers” who have something to say...
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 | Feb 12, 2019 | ACA, ACO, Atrius Health, Featured Post, Massachusetts Blue Cross, PPO contracts, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
I like trains. Perhaps it is because my maternal grandfather worked all of his life for the Seaboard Railroad. Some of my earliest memories are of going down to the train station with him when we would visit the little town in North Carolina where I have had family...