by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 2, 2022 | "Wicked Problems" in Healthcare, 2022 midterm elections, ACA, ACO, COVID, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Governor Abbott, Governor Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden and the Future, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Politics and Healthcare, Public Health, Ronald Reagan, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
September 2, 2022 Dear Interested Readers. Where Is The Quality of Healthcare On Our List Of Concerns? It does not take long for the hot topics of the day to change. It wasn’t that long ago that Democrats were debating “Medicare for All” versus “Medicare...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 22, 2022 | Capitalism, COVID, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Healthcare equity, Inequality, Joe Manchin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Thomas Piketty
22 July 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Changing Perspectives I have never been a reader of science fiction. I guess as close to being a science fiction enthusiast as I ever got was that as a preadolescent I enjoyed reading the Tom Swift books by Victor...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 8, 2022 | "Caste." Racism, Activism in Healthcare, Biases, Boston Medical Center, COVID, Dean Robert Ebert, Don Berwick, Dr. Edward Freis, Dr. Hermann Blumgart, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Population Health, Preventative Care, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth
July 8, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections on the Long Journey Toward a Greater Appreciation of the Importance of Public Health and Healthcare Equity I often wonder what is being taught in medical schools these days. My medical school days are more than...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 17, 2022 | antiracism, Biases, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, George Saunders, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Juneteenth, Linda Villarosa, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass shootings as an epidemic, Public Health, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Racism in America, Roe v. Wade, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
June 17, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About About Race And Healthcare Disparities A good friend here in New London was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. In retirement, he enjoys substitute teaching at our local middle school where he also...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 10, 2021 | COVID in New Hampshire, COVID uncertainty, Featured Post, Governor Chris Sununu, healthcare disparitiies, Home testing for COVID, Misinformation, Nursing Shortages, Omicron variant, Paul Romer, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Population Health, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The importance of testing in pandemic management, Vaccine hesitancy
December 10, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, COVID Confusion, Worries, and Concerns The last few weeks have felt like a COVID storm here in New Hampshire as we vaulted over Michigan into first place in the nation with the most COVID cases per 100,000...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 29, 2021 | Continuous Improvement, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, diseases of despair, Emerging from the pandemic, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Nicholas Kristof, Public Health, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, The de emphasis of public health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
October 29, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, What COVID Has Revealed To Us I have seen several articles that attempt to tell us what COVID has revealed to us about the inequities and inadequacies in our system of care. My guess is that you have also...