Don Berwick to the Rescue (of Elizabeth Warren)
These days, if you are disconnected from the world for just twenty four hours, you miss a lot. At 5:45 AM last Friday, my wife and I got up at a friend’s home in Needham to go to the airport in time to board a flight at 8:25 AM in Boston that was headed...
Pondering What the Future Might Hold: Part II
One of the things that my wife and I have enjoyed in retirement is our subscription to the Lesley University/WGBH Boston Symphony Hall Speaker Series. Once a month through the fall and winter we enjoy a great evening in Boston. We go to dinner with friends...
Healthcare Musings For 25 October 2019
25 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering What the Future Might Hold My last letter to my colleagues at Atrius Health was published on October 25, 2013. In that letter I reviewed what I thought some of the challenges of the future would...
The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”
I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...
Let’s Think About Our Waste As An Opportunity And As A Responsibility
This posting is brought to you thanks to a note I received on Sunday from a loyal “Interested Reader.” Hi Gene, I thought of you upon reading this clearly-written article in the NYTimes this morning: I hope all is well and that you are enjoying...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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