by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Dartmouth Health, eclipse of the sun, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Path of Totality, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 22, 2024 | A personal history, Access, America's dependence on foreign medical graduates, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, denials of payments, Dr.Kevin McGuire, Featured Post, Moral Injury, Nursing Shortages, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Shortest Friday Letter Ever As directed, my wife and I arrived at 9:15 at the Dartmouth same-day surgical unit last Monday. The process was very smooth. I was given a hospital gown, little booties, and a paper...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 8, 2024 | A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Eyal Press, Featured Post, Global Warming, Joy in Practice, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Moral Injury, patient centered care, professional fulfillment, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Better Understanding of Moral Injury My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 1, 2024 | A personal history, ACOs, Atrius Health, Beth Israel Deconess Medcal Center, Brigham and Women's, CMMI, Co-opetition, Competition, Continuous Improvement, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Anita Ung, Dr. Joe Kimura, Dr. Kate Koplan, Dr. Rick Lopez, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Innovation in Healthcare, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Pioneer ACO, Quality, The Care Experience, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Waste in healthcare
March 1, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Quality Defined Us I have gained a new perspective on how to structure what remains of the story of the development of my medical-moral sensibilities. The story up till now has been mostly delivered in chronological...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 23, 2024 | A personal history, ACA, ACOs, Atrius Health, capitation, CMMI, Dartmouth Health, Don Berwick, Dr. Glenn Steele, Dr. Rick Gilfillan, Emily Brower, Featured Post, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Health Care Transformation Task Force, Innovation in Healthcare, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Pioneer ACO, Social Determinants of Health, Steve Allenby, Trinity Health
February 23, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Old Connections For Current Progress When I look back on the almost six years that I was leading Harvard Vanguard and Atrius Health it is probably impossible for me to give each activity and each contributor...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 3, 2023 | Dartmouth Health, DeSantis attacks diversity, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Gun Violence, Health in America, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare's report card, Inclusion, Life Expectancy, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
February 3, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, At 11:31 AM on Tuesday, it was 23 degrees where I live. I was enjoying the almost cloudless sky and bright sunlight. I was out “early” for my walk because the temperature was falling fast. I knew it would be less than...
