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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 3, 2018 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
I have been reading/listening to Martin Buber’s classic work I and Thou (Ich und Du). I was encouraged to returned to this difficult book after several years by Ezra Klein’s podcast of a conversation with Jaron Lanier, one of the pioneers of virtual reality and the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 6, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim
Over four years into retirement I frequently wonder what opportunities, if any, do I still have to make a contribution. I reexamined that question recently as I was patting myself on the back for writing my weekly letter, now called “Healthcare Musings,” for ten...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 20, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Era 3: the moral era, Innovation, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim, Watson
Twice a year I attend a small meeting of Simpler executives and other advisors to talk about what is happening in healthcare. As I have reported in previous notes, Simpler now functions with a great deal of continuing flexibility within Watson IBM Health, just as...