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...
How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?

If you have avoided these notes for the past few weeks, you may not know that I have been systematically reviewing the recommendations of the Commonwealth Fund’s Task Force On Payment and Delivery System Reform. There are six sections to the report. So far we have...
Does Tom Brady Have Something To Teach Us?

Does Tom Brady Have Something To Teach Us?

  By 6:30 on Sunday evening, I was filled to overflowing with Super Bowl hype. How many times can you hear the “G.O.A.T.” versus the “best of these times” line before you are ready to throw something at the television? The only recurrent line that has drawn more...
Healthcare Musings For December 25, 2020

Healthcare Musings For December 25, 2020

  December 25, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Peace, Hope, Love, Joy?   Christmas has been on a Friday only twice since I began writing these notes back in February 2008. I decided to dust off “Volume I,” letters that were written between February 22,...
Healthcare Musings For December 18, 2020

Healthcare Musings For December 18, 2020

  December 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   More Musing About What’s Next   Last night I had the unique opportunity to hear Susan Rice speak at a virtual presentation of the Boston Speakers Series. She has an impressive resume and a very interesting...
Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2020

  September 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering the Message of Caste in the Context of These Times   One of the benefits of retirement is the time to participate in book groups and other gatherings of older folks who are still interested in a wider...