by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 20, 2018 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Michelle Obama, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim
Much has been written in recent years about medicine and the physician…A cursory survey of what has been written…permits the conclusion that medical science comes off rather well and the doctor’s image not so well. One gains the impression that doctors as...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 16, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, Burnout, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Inequality, patient centered care, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
16 November 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Things To Ponder I have recently finished reading Jill Lapore’s These Truths: a History of the United States. Lepore finishes the book with a forward looking question: Barack Obama had urged...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 6, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, The Triple Aim
I hope that you will be voting today. I also hope that you will make sure to encourage everyone you see to also make the effort. This note is coming out early so that I might emphasize what I expect you already know. This is a very important election. I have heard and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 26, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, ACO, Costs, Future of Heathcare, Lean, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement
26 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Doing an “A4” on Payment and Delivery System Reform If the term “A4” is a fuzzy concept for you, or is not in your vocabulary, let me refer you back to the Healthcare Musings post for October 12 where you...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 23, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Presidential Politics
Last May I lifted the title and the hook from one of Paul Simon’s songs to write “Is the Triple Aim ‘Slip Slidin’ Away?” The recurrent passage or chorus in the song is: Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 19, 2018 | Future of Heathcare, Innovation, MACRA, Systemness
19 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, “Systemness” as Nirvana This week I have had the pleasure of attending the 5th Annual ATLAS conference in Boston. ATLAS is an acronym for Annual Thought Leadership on Access Symposium. It is the annual...