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 | Nov 3, 2023 | A personal history, Christian Nationalism, Conflict in Gaza, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Paul Solomon, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Gun Violence, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Illiberalism, MAGA, Mass shooting in Lewiston, Mike Dukakis, Physician Council of HCHP, Putin's war in Ukraine, Speaker Mike Johnson, The sixth extinction
November 3, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, After Comments on Recent Events, My Story Continues I have been amazed by how long it has taken me to tell my story. The truth is, I am grateful that I have had something to write about other than the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 16, 2022 | a personal testimony, Burnout, compassion fatigue, Don Berwick, Dr. Anthony DiGioia, Eric Reinhardt, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, patient centered care, The Patient Centered Value System, The Triple Aim
December 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Why Are You In Healthcare? The question in this title assumes that you are a healthcare provider or work in healthcare. I know for a fact that many of the readers of these notes do not work in any aspect of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 9, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, culture wars, Don Berwick, Dr. Eric Reinhardt, Dr. Paul Farmer, Empathy, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Illiberalism, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, political determinants of health, Senator Joe Manchin, Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Social Determinants of Health
December 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Political Determinants of Health The 2022 election season is over! At least we thought it was over before Kyrsten Sinema announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party to become an Independent. It does seem...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 29, 2022 | A story from my life, Activism in Healthcare, Actor-Network, Climate Crisis, Conservative Values, Continuous Improvement, David Brooks, Don Berwick, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Global Warming, Social Determinants of Health, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
July 29, 2022 Dear Interested Reader, Do We Have The Will and Mindset To Improve Our World? My Dad was a theologian who became a minister to earn a living. His sermons were built on his conservative theology and were full of stories. In his sermons, he...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 8, 2022 | "Caste." Racism, Activism in Healthcare, Biases, Boston Medical Center, COVID, Dean Robert Ebert, Don Berwick, Dr. Edward Freis, Dr. Hermann Blumgart, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Population Health, Preventative Care, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth
July 8, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections on the Long Journey Toward a Greater Appreciation of the Importance of Public Health and Healthcare Equity I often wonder what is being taught in medical schools these days. My medical school days are more than...
