by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 22, 2019 | Future of Heathcare, Health in America, Healthcare Policy, Population Health, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
Change is slow, and time flies. It has been twelve years since 2007, and changes that were discussed then are still works in progress now. 2007 was a big year for me. I did not know it, but 2007 would be my last year of full time practice and part time leadership as...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 28, 2018 | Access, ACO, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Judge O'Connor's threat to the ACA, The Most Significant Healthcare Issues for 2018
28 December 2018 Dear Interested Readers “Zwischen den Jahren” Is a Good Time For Reflection We have a friend in Germany who lived with us as an au pair more than thirty years ago. She now has her own family and a successful public relations...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 21, 2018 | Dr. Tom Lee, Evidence Based Medicine, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Interpersonal Medicine, Practice Improvement, professional fulfillment
21 December 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Finding the Balance in Practice I have known and respected Dr. Tom Lee, the Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey, since he was a house officer and cardiology fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 14, 2018 | "Wicked Problems" in Healthcare, Costs, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Social Determinants of Health, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Sustainability, The Triple Aim
14 December 2014 Dear Interested Readers, Sustainability, a Foundational Concern for Healthcare Late Wednesday afternoon I decided to take a walk, since the hike in the woods that I took with a friend earlier in the day had been more about...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 4, 2018 | ACA, ACO, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Public Option
Last Wednesday my wife and I drove down to Boston so that she could do a little holiday shopping with a friend while I saw the nurse practitioner who was going to do my periodic health review and give me a flu shot. Somewhere between New London and Concord on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 30, 2018 | Activism in Healthcare, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, political polarization
30 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Hidden Tribes and the Future of Healthcare Last spring I read The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. It was written by Jonathan Haidt who is a “moral and political”...