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 15, 2022 | ACO, Biases, Climate Crisis, COVID uncertainty, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, Dualism, Economic inequality, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, Pioneer ACO, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, REACH ACO, Richard Rohr, structural racism in medicine, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The threat to women's reproductive rights, The Triple Aim, Tom Friedman
July 15, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts on Dualism, The “War of Attrition” in Ukraine, Inequality In Value-Based Reimbursement, and Inherent Biases in Medicine. From time to time when I am thinking about all the human misery in the world that is...
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 | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ARPA, Boston Medical Center, CARES Act, Collective Action Problems, COVID stress on hospital resources, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, David Blumenthal, diseases of despair, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Guthrie Health, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the plight of "red state" rural Americans, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
July 1, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Does Healthcare Improvement Still Have A Chance To Get Any Attention? It seems like a long time since I have heard or read much about Medicare For All or any other proposal to expand coverage to the ten percent of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 29, 2022 | Crossing the Quality Chasm, Enlightenment Now, Evidence Based Medicine, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Liberal Values, modernism, political polarization, postmodernism, Progressive Values, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, The Triple Aim, VUCA
April 29, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Is Healthcare Enlightened Now or Suffering From Postmodern Cynicism and Burnout? About five years ago, I was delighted to get the good news from Stephen Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard, that the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 22, 2022 | A story from my life, American exceptionalism, Azovstal steel factory, Bret Stephens, Conservative Values, Contoocook Carry Community Fund, COVID, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Marine LePen, Mariupol, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Remember the Alamo, rural healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
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...