by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 7, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Brett Kavanaugh, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
7 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Countering Despair, Maybe “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. That’s Stein’s Law. Herbert Stein was a bright man. He was a conservative economist, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 28, 2018 | ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Future of Heathcare, John McCain, Leadership, The Triple Aim
It seems ironic that in the same week that we are exposed to more evidence of just how dishonorable our leadership can be, we lose one of our leaders, who over many years and on many subjects, has been one of our best examples of honorable leadership. I never voted...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 24, 2018 | Future of Heathcare, Poverty and healthcare, Presidential Politics, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
24 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Reader Alert! This week’s letter lives up to the title of “Healthcare Musings.” Perhaps it should be entitled “Political Musings in Search of a Connection to Healthcare.” I have excuses for the “peripatetic” nature of this...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 21, 2018 | Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Leadership, The Triple Aim
There are probably more books on leadership than another subject in the business section of your favorite book store. I do not have facts to prove that but I can refer you to a Forbes article from 2015 listing 12 books that every “enterprising individual” should read...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 17, 2018 | Future of Heathcare, healthcare finance, Lean, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim
17 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, The Future Will Be What We Make It Francis Fukuyama, an American philosopher, wrote The End of History and the Last Man in 1992. In his book he argued that there would be no more social evolution beyond liberal democracy and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 7, 2018 | Burnout, compensation, Featured Post, Moral Injury, patient centered care, Payment Models, The Triple Aim
What floats your boat and moves it? Perhaps that is a crude way of asking about both where your values arise and what motivates you. For some reason whenever issues of either values or motivation become the subject, I think of my experience as a Boy Scout. I sometimes...