by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 10, 2024 | A personal history, Conflict in Gaza, Critical thinking, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Hamas, Harvard "Strike" 1969, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, The 2024 Presidential Election, Tom Friedman
May 10, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Flash Back To Tense Times The biggest stories in the news over the past few weeks have been Donald Trump’s trial in New York, the continuing efforts to end the war in Gaza, and the police reactions to the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 19, 2024 | A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bill Rodgers, Boston Marathon, Build Back Better Bill, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Paul Batalden, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Manchin, LEAD, MAGA, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The conflict in Gaza, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Public Option, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim, Trump's Trial In New York, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
April 19, 2024 Dear interested Readers, What Can We Do? I should give you a warning that what follows is just personal opinion and speculation based on many years of observation and substantial frustration. As I think back over what I have observed in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Dartmouth Health, eclipse of the sun, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Path of Totality, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 2, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Featured Post, Global Warming, Groundhog Day/film, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Lean, Politics and Healthcare, Proposal for a new Federal Healthcare Board, Simpler, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The Triple Aim, Tom Daschle, Wicked Problems, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
February 2, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Is Healthcare Trapped In Its Own Groundhog Day Cycle? My local newspaper has become a fertile field of thought and ideas for me. Last Monday, The Valley News, my local paper, had a front-page article that...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 19, 2024 | A personal history, Charles Kenney, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Featured Post, Global Warming, Life Expectancy in America, Massachusetts Blue Cross, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Best Practice: How The New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine, The LEAD project of Blue Cross, The moral sensibilities of medical practice, The New Hampshire Primary, the plight of small town newspapers, The Valley News, TQM, transformational change
January 19, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, An Interesting Article In My Local Newspaper Small-town newspapers are a dying public resource. A recent report from the PBS News Hour begins: Over the past few decades, more than 2,000 newspapers across...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 29, 2023 | A story from my life, America's defective social safety net, Balint Groups, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Health in America, Nicholas Kristof, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health
September 29, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Hybrid Letter For several weeks, I have suspended most of my comments about current issues in healthcare, healthcare policy, current politics, and policies that impact our health. In lieu of those usual...
