We Need to Treat the Transformation of Primary Care Organization and Finance As An Urgent Need

We Need to Treat the Transformation of Primary Care Organization and Finance As An Urgent Need

  The latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine was waiting for me in my mailbox yesterday when I dropped by the post office. I was delighted to see that it was the March 4th edition and I was happy to get it on time. The mail comes very irregularly...
Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

  February 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Balance Regulatory and Competitive Approaches to Promoting a High Performing Health System?   This is the sixth and final installment of my review of the report of the Commonwealth Fund’s task force...
Healthcare Musings For February 19, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 19, 2021

  February 19, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   An Anniversary   It’s been exactly thirteen years since I wrote my first Friday letter to my colleagues, the staff of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. I had been the Interim CEO for a little over a week...
Growing The Good In The World: Nomination For Best Thought Provoking Film

Growing The Good In The World: Nomination For Best Thought Provoking Film

  The Oscar nominations for 2020 were presented yesterday. Did the nominations match up with the list of recent films and performances that you thought were most noteworthy? As I looked at the list, and thought about the movies that I have seen, I realized that I...
What Can Mr Rogers Teach Us About Population Health, Patient Centeredness, And Practice?

What Can Mr Rogers Teach Us About Population Health, Patient Centeredness, And Practice?

  I am not a movie critic. This will be the first “review of a movie” that I have written. Many movies these days are not worth the time one must invest to watch them, but I can look back with great fondness on many movies. I connect some of them to important...