America’s Pre Existing Condition

America’s Pre Existing Condition

by | Jun 2, 2020 | chronic disease management, Covid-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, George Floyd, Governor Charles Baker of Massachusetts, Inequality in Healthcare, Kerner Commission, Martin Luther King Jr, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, pre existing conditions, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Riots of 1967, Social Determinants of Health, The World After COVID-19

  There is a certain wisdom in Yogi Berra’s observation that, “It is deja vu all over again.” When I was practicing I would frequently have that thought as I was trying to manage a patient with a chronic disease. Whether the problem was CHF, poorly controlled...
Healthcare Musings For May 29, 2020

Healthcare Musings For May 29, 2020

by | May 29, 2020 | anti-racism, coronavirus, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic inequality, Featured Post, food Insecurity, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health

  May 29, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   100,000 And Counting With A Very Stable Genius Leading The Way   This has been a very difficult week for all of us. 100,000 is a very large number of people. The Rose Bowl seats 92,542. I spent a long time...
Healthcare Musings For May 15, 2020

Healthcare Musings For May 15, 2020

by | May 15, 2020 | Atul Gawande, coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, Groundhog Day/film, Inequality in Healthcare, lessons from the 1918 pandemic, Pandemic Management, Personal responses to the challenges of COVID-19, Racial Inequality, Social Distancing

  May 15, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Challenge: Restart the Economy Without Inducing a Resurgence of COVID-19, and Other Musings   I will begin with the “Other Musings” part of what I want to write to you:   Somewhere, from someone, I...
Healthcare Musings For 17 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 17 January 2020

by | Jan 17, 2020 | Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Letter From A Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, Therapeutic benefit of nature and exercise in nature

  17 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Power and Importance To Healthcare Of Dr. King’s “Letter From A Birmingham Jail”   Why are black people sicker, and why do they die earlier, than other racial groups? Many factors likely...
Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019

Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019

by | Aug 16, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Martin Luther King Jr, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The 1619 Project, The Triple Aim

16 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Race and Healthcare   The New York Times Magazine has launched a program this month that it is calling “The 1619 Project.” This year is the 400th anniversary of slavery in America. The piece that you will find if you follow...
Healthcare Musings For 12 April 2019

Healthcare Musings For 12 April 2019

by | Apr 12, 2019 | Economic inequality, Empathy, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Inequality, Poverty and healthcare, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, the power of stories, The Triple Aim

12 April 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   What Can We Do About The Poverty Where We Live?   I am reading a new book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land. Over the past two years I have searched for books in my...