Healthcare Musings For March 29, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Reflections On Nursing   This week’s letter is shorter even than last week’s letter. I am making progress, but sitting in a comfortable position for the time required to do work is a challenge. I have appreciated the...
Healthcare Musings For September 23, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 23, 2022

September 23, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   What We Say, What We Do, and a Doctor Whose Actions Speak For Her   My wife and I have been watching the latest Ken Burns PBS production, ”The U.S. and The Holocaust”. For over forty years, Burns has educated us...
Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Rethinking How We Deliver Care   In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
Healthcare Musings For April 22, 2022

Healthcare Musings For April 22, 2022

April 22, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Remember the Alamo! Remember Azvostal! Remember The Triple Aim!   I became an enthusiastic student of history in the seventh grade. By the eighth grade, I received the DAR medal for being the best student in American...
Turning Things Toward The Triple AIM At HHS

Turning Things Toward The Triple AIM At HHS

  Time flies. It has been almost two months since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were inaugurated. With each passing day, it becomes harder to imagine that we ever elected Donald Trump as prescient. My health has improved. I get more sleep.   During the “Trump...
On the Road Again: Observations From The Rural Midwest

On the Road Again: Observations From The Rural Midwest

  I am writing to you today from Nebraska. It’s the sixth day of our trip across America as we make our way to see our grandsons who live near Santa Cruz, California. They were out of their home for about two weeks as the raging fires came within a mile or two of...