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...
A Lesson in Critical Thinking

A Lesson in Critical Thinking

Is it just a small world where connections are closer than any of us imagine? Could it be that  there are forces that we don’t yet understand that create connections? Perhaps there is nothing behind connections other than random chance.   All of those questions...
Healthcare Musings For 23 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 23 August 2019

23 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Let’s Not Forget The Triple Aim As We Debate The Future of Healthcare   I am not really complaining, but I have been waiting for a very long time. Living in expectation on the cusp of a better future is not easy. Let...