by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 21, 2018 | healthcare finance, Lean, team based care, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
21 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Overuse, Misuse, and Underuse: Hallmarks of Suboptimal Practice and a Barrier To a Better Future Healthcare will definitely be an important, if not the top issue in the November midterm elections....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 14, 2018 | Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, hospitalist, Lean, Practice Improvement
`14 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers There Are No “Do Overs” in Life, But Continuous Improvement Is Always An Option Sometimes it feels like my wife and I are running a B and B. The last of our summertime visitors, or the first of our fall...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 31, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, Lean
31 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Whataboutism, Pivoting, Economic Injustice, and Healthcare Lately I have been asking people in my circle of acquaintances what they think about “whataboutism.” I have gotten many blank stares which indicates to me that some...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 17, 2018 | Future of Heathcare, healthcare finance, Lean, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim
17 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, The Future Will Be What We Make It Francis Fukuyama, an American philosopher, wrote The End of History and the Last Man in 1992. In his book he argued that there would be no more social evolution beyond liberal democracy and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 3, 2018 | Burnout, Era 3: the moral era, healthcare finance, Leadership, Lean, Moral Injury, The Triple Aim
3 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Looking At “Burnout” From a Different Perspective Last week I received a brief note from an Interested Reader who lives in Miami, Florida, and who is admirably active as a Quaker in activities that he hopes will increase the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 10, 2018 | Burnout, Career development, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Joy in Practice, Lean, Practice Improvement
I do not get invited to many baby showers. Before last month I do not think that I had ever been to a baby shower. Is it something about me, or is it just a cultural thing? Whatever, I was delighted when my wife announced that a couple of dear friends decided that the...