Tapping Into the Wisdom and Spirit of Elizabeth Warren

Tapping Into the Wisdom and Spirit of Elizabeth Warren

  Before I retired, especially after Atrius became involved with CMMI’s Pioneer ACO project, I made frequent trips to Washington. The Washington shuttle from Boston was always packed with people who looked like they were involved with very important business. It...
Does Tom Brady Have Something To Teach Us?

Does Tom Brady Have Something To Teach Us?

  By 6:30 on Sunday evening, I was filled to overflowing with Super Bowl hype. How many times can you hear the “G.O.A.T.” versus the “best of these times” line before you are ready to throw something at the television? The only recurrent line that has drawn more...
Healthcare Musings For January 29, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 29, 2021

  January 29, 2021 Dear Interested Readers   The First  Week of Building Back Better Reveals That We Have Much To Do   From what I read in the papers, the president has been very busy cleaning up after the last occupant of the White House.  Elizabeth...
Beyond “Doomscrolling,” The Return To Considering A Realistic Future For Healthcare

Beyond “Doomscrolling,” The Return To Considering A Realistic Future For Healthcare

  As noted in a recent post, the COVID-19 pandemic added some new words and phrases to our vocabulary in 2020. Some words were invented, but other words that we had rarely used or had used in a different context before the pandemic enjoyed a marked increase in...
Healthcare Musings For January 22, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 22, 2021

  January 22, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   An Inspiring Call To Climb The Hill Of Our Unfinished Work   If you read my post from Tuesday, you know that I was very excited about the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The demographics alone...
Unprecedented, Like Nothing We Have Seen Before

Unprecedented, Like Nothing We Have Seen Before

  As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Oxford Languages “word of the year” for 2020 was “pandemic.” There was so much change in our language usage in 2020 related to the COVID experience that Oxford Languages which is the parent organization of the Oxford English...