Healthcare Musings For June 9, 2023

Healthcare Musings For June 9, 2023

June 9, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   We Avoided A Disaster   I was virtually holding my breath until President Biden signed the compromise bill that lifted the debt ceiling until January 2025 which puts it after the next presidential election. It is my...
Healthcare Musings For April 21, 2023

Healthcare Musings For April 21, 2023

April 21, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   My First Encounter With Chat GPT: I Welcome the Use of AI in Medicine.     When I joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1975 I was well aware of the fact that I was joining an active experiment that was...
Healthcare Musings For March 10, 2023

Healthcare Musings For March 10, 2023

March 10, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Musing About How Things Have Changed and Hopefully Will Continue To Change   My wife and I have just returned from a trip to my mother’s hometown in North Carolina where I spent many happy summer days as a child. Our trip...
Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

December 2, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   The Long Good Bye To Joe   The response to my letter last week about the life of service that Dr. Joseph Dorsey lived was remarkable. Four of those responses came through the comments function of the newsletter,...
Healthcare Musings For November 25, 2022

Healthcare Musings For November 25, 2022

November 25, 202 Dear Interested Readers,   In Memoriam J.L.D.   Oh yet we trust that somehow good will be the final goal of ill!   Alfred Lord Tennyson worked for seventeen years to produce his very famous poem “In Memorium A.H.H.” which...
Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Rethinking How We Deliver Care   In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...