by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 5, 2018 | Economic inequality, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, metitocracy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
I saw aristocracy up close at Harvard Medical School. I quickly realized that some of my classmates were from families that were either power brokers in New York or Washington, or were the elite of American medicine. I discerned that I had been slotted into the class...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 22, 2018 | Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, History of Healthcare Reform, Innovation in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
When my own wellspring of inspiration and self proclaimed insight seems to be temporarily running dry, I compensate by passing on to readers what I am learning from others. There has been a lot to learn from others and to pass on recently. I was particularly intrigued...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 17, 2018 | Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Mindset, Moral Minds, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate
Someday the presidency of Donald Trump will be a subject for historians. Whatever historians say, I am sure that they will begin the story long before we thought of Trump’s bid for the presidency as anything more than a joke. The story will not begin with a review of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 27, 2018 | Innovation, Politics, Social Determinants of Health, Strategy, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
The foundational fairy tale that Michael Wolff tells us in his bestseller, Fire and Fury: Inside The Trump White House, is that the president and none of his campaign staff, except Steve Bannon, ever thought he would win and did not prepare for the possibility of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 13, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Healthcare Transformation, Improving the health of the poor, Lean, patient centered care, Population Health Management, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Zeev Neuwirth, Senior Medical Director of Population Health at Carolinas Healthcare System Medical Group, and an old friend and former colleague, launched a weekly podcast last August entitled, Creating a New Healthcare. I love the recurrent introduction that Zeev...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 23, 2018 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty, Social Determinants of Health
A small group of people in my community has been meeting recently to examine how we may be more effective in our charitable activities for our community. Our definition of community is not confined to the limits of New London, but is defined more as a region that...