Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   A Better Understanding of Moral Injury   My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
Healthcare Musings For August 4, 2023

Healthcare Musings For August 4, 2023

August 4, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   The Story Continues   If you have read my last two letters, you know that those letters were autobiographical. I have never resisted tossing events from my life into these notes if my personal story illustrated a...
Healthcare Musings For January 27, 2023

Healthcare Musings For January 27, 2023

January 27, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Financial Troubles, Workforce Concerns, Access Issues, and Concerns For Quality of Care   One of my biggest post-pandemic surprises is that healthcare has moved down, not up, on the cascade of concerns that worry...
Healthcare Musings For January 6, 2023

Healthcare Musings For January 6, 2023

January 6, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts About the New Year   Last week I advertised that I was going to review 2022 and then look forward to 2023. It is easy to talk about “what has been” and much more difficult to anticipate “what will be.” At...
Healthcare Musings For December 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 16, 2022

December 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Why Are You In Healthcare?   The question in this title assumes that you are a healthcare provider or work in healthcare. I know for a fact that many of the readers of these notes do not work in any aspect of...
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,...