by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 14, 2025 | A personal history, AI in healthcare, Atrius Health, ChatGPT, chronic disease management, Computers In Healthcare, Diversity Equity Inclusion, employed physicians, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, infrastructure inadequacies, MAGA, Moral Injury, Primary Care Challenges, Social Determinants of Health, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
February 14, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Primary Care Has Changed Since 1975 For several weeks, I have felt a need to write about primary care. When I try to write to express my concerns about primary care, I am derailed by yet another outrageous event...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 20, 2024 | A personal history, burnout and professional fulfillment, Charles Handy, Creative Destruction, discontinuous change, Disruptive Innovation, Featured Post, healthcare under Trump, Lean, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, The Triple Aim
December 20, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Advice From A Recently Departed Compassionate Guru Last Sunday, I was enjoying a slow day. I was sitting by the fireplace in my living room, which you can see in today’s header when I received a text from Marci...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 23, 2024 | 2024 Democratic National Convention, A story from my life, Burnout, Featured Post, Governor Tim Walz, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, Kamala Harris, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, patient centered care, Professionalism, Six Domains of Quality, The 2024 Presidential Election, Trust in medical practice, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
August 23, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Have We Lost The Trust Of Our Patients? Everyone complains about healthcare. I know that I do. My access to healthcare is probably better than for most Americans, but I still find that there are barriers to the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 16, 2024 | Abortion, burnout and professional fulfillment, Declaration of Geneva, Denver Health, Dr. Patty Gabow, employed physicians, Featured Post, First Amendment implications for medical practice, Future of Heathcare, Hippocratic Oath, legal restrictions on medical practice, medical oaths, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, patient centered care, professional responsibilities in conflict with personal beliefs
August 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Our Professional Challenges Are Mounting Have you read the Hippocratic Oath? At about 2500 years old, it is a bit out of date, sort of long, probably not written by Hippocrates, and refers to gods that no longer...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 24, 2024 | ACA, Administrative Burden, AI in healthcare, Burnout, Consolidation in healthcare, Diversity, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Featured Post, Financial challenges of primary care., Future of Heathcare, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Moral Injury, Polarization in America, private equity purchases in healthcare, The Commonwealth Fund, The Triple Aim, workforce issues
May 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Conversation That Gives Us Guidance Regular readers of these notes know that I have high regard for the Commonwealth Fund. I quote their articles frequently. I am grateful that in the sixties Dr. Ebert won...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 17, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Burnout, Featured Post, Mass General Brigham Health Care, Moral Injury, non profit healthcare institutions, Partners Health Care, physicians in labor unions, private equity purchases in healthcare, Steward Health Care
May 17, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Trouble In Massachusetts I lived in Massachusetts from 1967 until late 2014. I loved the progressive attitude that was so easily discernable in the circles where I moved. The most dramatic expression of that unique...
