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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 4, 2023 | A story from my life, ACA, America's dependence on foreign medical graduates, Bernie Sanders, Dean Robert Ebert, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Healthcare in Rural America, Moral Injury, Nursing Shortages, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Staffing issues in rural healthcare
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 14, 2023 | "Joy in Medicine?", American Medical Association, burnout and professional fulfillment, Chat GPT, Climate Crisis, Dr. Clifford Marks, Dr. David Samson, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Featured Post, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Sources of Motivation, Loneliness, Politics and Healthcare, postmodernism, Professional Satisfaction
July 14, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation as Factors in The Joy of Practice When I am walking or exercising, I enjoy listening to a variety of podcasts. Since I spend around two hours a day walking or riding an indoor or...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 7, 2023 | A story from my life, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biases, doctor shortage, DSL initiatives, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Implicit Bias, Nursing Shortages, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Supreme Court and affirmative action, The Supreme Court and student loan forgiveness, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
July 7, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, How Did We Develop Our Workforce Shortages? Last week the Supreme Court finished its session by announcing several controversial decisions. None of them had a direct impact on healthcare, but at least two of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 9, 2023 | Chat GPT, COVID, Featured Post, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Medicaid work requirements, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Debt Ceiling Crisis
June 9, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, We Avoided A Disaster I was virtually holding my breath until President Biden signed the compromise bill that lifted the debt ceiling until January 2025 which puts it after the next presidential election. It is my...
