by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 23, 2018 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty, Social Determinants of Health
A small group of people in my community has been meeting recently to examine how we may be more effective in our charitable activities for our community. Our definition of community is not confined to the limits of New London, but is defined more as a region that...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 5, 2017 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Racial Inequality, The Triple Aim
In the November 17th “Healthcare Musings” letter the second paragraph was biographical. I first began to worry about race as a small child. My family was progressive on issues of race in comparison to other families in the South between the late forties and mid...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 28, 2017 | Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Leadership, Strategy, The Triple Aim
I have been wanting to write about leadership skills for sometime. Leadership development is a personal growth process that never ends. The leadership learning curve did not begin until many years into my professional life. I followed a long and nontraditional path...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 21, 2017 | Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Politics, Poverty, Tax reform
As the Senate works on its tax bill, it seems like a good time to discuss connections that may not be obvious between this bill and the inequality, injustice, and attitudes about race that are major barriers to better health in America. I have long hidden the fact...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 7, 2017 | Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate
Living in a “purple state” I often meet interesting people with whom I share some possible connection that both of us choose not to explore because a little superficial exchange quickly reveals that we see the world through the lenses of different political...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 31, 2017 | Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Dr. Patty Gabow, the retired CEO  of Denver Health has recently been making a presentation that begins with a rhetorical question, “Can the American Healthcare System Deliver Health?” Any rhetorical question is designed more to get the audience thinking than to...