by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 17, 2025 | "concepts of a plan", Abortion, ACA, Access, American Oligarchs, amyloidosis, Billionaires in Trump's Administration, ChatGPT, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Quality, healthcare under Trump, insurance denials, MAGA, Martin Luther King Jr, R.F.K., Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Trump's Cabinet Appointments, Willem Lange
January 17, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, It’s a New Year, a New Government, and a Very New Day Coming The New Year is slowly building some momentum. As there is increasing certainty about who will populate the Trump cabinet, we will have more clarity...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 11, 2024 | a woman's right to make reproductive health choices, Abortion, ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Donald Trump, election scenarios, Featured Post, Global Warming, Healthcare Policy, Incremental healthcare improvement, Kamala Harris, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim, transformational change
October 11, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Incrementalism Has Replaced Transformation As A Strategy To Improve Healthcare If you are a regular reader of these Friday letters, you know that I have bemoaned the fact that unlike 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 21, 2024 | A personal history, Critical Race Theory, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, Juneteenth, Peter Bloch, Social Determinants of Health
June 21, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflecting On The Real Significance of Juneteenth Our newest national holiday, Juneteenth, was celebrated this past Wednesday, June 19th. It was well publicized, but my assumption is that for many Americans the day...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 14, 2024 | A personal history, AI in healthcare, Atrius Health, Computers In Healthcare, Consolidation in healthcare, Dartmouth Health, Epic, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Judy Faulkner, Lean, Mergers and Acquisitions, Optum Health, patient centered care, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
June 14, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On This Moment In Healthcare When I began to write these Friday letters sixteen years ago in mid-February 2008, it was much easier than my task now. All I needed to do then to discover plenty to write...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 26, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Atrius Health, Consolidation in healthcare, Costs, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, Dr. Walter Murphy, Earth Day, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthcare in Rural America, Healthcare Mergers, Inequality in Healthcare, Moral Injury, Pilgrim Health Care, The moral sensibilities of medical practice, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
April 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Consolidations, Affiliations, Mergers and Culture I have taken several weeks off from recounting the story of my journey toward what I have been calling my “medical moral sensibilities.” As you may remember, the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 19, 2024 | A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bill Rodgers, Boston Marathon, Build Back Better Bill, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Paul Batalden, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Manchin, LEAD, MAGA, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The conflict in Gaza, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Public Option, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim, Trump's Trial In New York, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
April 19, 2024 Dear interested Readers, What Can We Do? I should give you a warning that what follows is just personal opinion and speculation based on many years of observation and substantial frustration. As I think back over what I have observed in...
