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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Dartmouth Health, eclipse of the sun, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Path of Totality, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 9, 2024 | A personal history, Brigham and Women's, chronic disease management, Dr. H. Richard Nesson, Featured Post, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, Mass General Brigham, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Primary Care, Social Determinants of Health
February 9, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections on Our History of Bias in Medicine and Experience Managing Chronic Diseases Hospital I want to bring your attention to two recent articles in The New England Journal of Medicine. The first...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 5, 2024 | 2024 elections, A story from my life, Conflict in Gaza, democracy versus illiberalism, election scenarios, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, Nikki Haley, Putin's war in Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, The New Hampshire presidential primary
January 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Surprising Event At The Beginning of a Pivotal Year I have observed presidential campaigns for a long time. I well remember watching the 1952 presidential nominating conventions on our recently acquired black...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 1, 2023 | "I Have A Dream" speach, A story from my life, Bayard Rustin, Burnout, Critical Race Theory, David Brooks, Equity, evangelical support of Donald Trump, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, intersectionality, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Joe Biden, Jon Ward, March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Russell Moore, Social Determinants of Health, The Care Experience, W.E.B. DuBois
September 1, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, After 60 Years, Dr. King’s Dream Has Not Come True If you read these notes regularly, you probably realize that I consider Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. one of our greatest American heroes. There were many...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 30, 2023 | ACA, COVID, culture wars, diseases of despair, Dobbs v. Jackson, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Featured Post, George Saunders, Governor Ron DeSantis, Gun Violence, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Outcomes, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The threat to women's reproductive rights, Universal Access, woke healthcare
June 30, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Where Does Your State Rank? Every year The Commonwealth Fund ranks the healthcare in each state. This year’s rankings were published last week on June 22 in an article entitled “2023 Scorecard on State Health...
