Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

December 2, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   The Long Good Bye To Joe   The response to my letter last week about the life of service that Dr. Joseph Dorsey lived was remarkable. Four of those responses came through the comments function of the newsletter,...
Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Rethinking How We Deliver Care   In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
Healthcare Musings For November 13, 2020

Healthcare Musings For November 13, 2020

  November 13, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   An Introduction To A Remarkable Book   I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Two things that I have anticipated have happened simultaneously. First, the election is sort of behind us. If...
Pondering Choices That Might Put Out The Fire

Pondering Choices That Might Put Out The Fire

  The character of medical practice has changed over the past fifty years. The changes go far beyond our technological and scientific advances. Many reflect on the change in the experience of providing care. Others focus on how the experience of receiving care...
Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

  31 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers:   Between The Way Things Were And What They Might Become   As I write this edition of “Healthcare Musings,” the Senate trial of President Trump stumbles toward its conclusion. It is difficult for me to accept...
What Can Mr Rogers Teach Us About Population Health, Patient Centeredness, And Practice?

What Can Mr Rogers Teach Us About Population Health, Patient Centeredness, And Practice?

  I am not a movie critic. This will be the first “review of a movie” that I have written. Many movies these days are not worth the time one must invest to watch them, but I can look back with great fondness on many movies. I connect some of them to important...