by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 8, 2020 | Avoiding the Second Wave, coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, JIm Collins, Pandemic Management, Social Determinants of Health, Social Distancing, The World After COVID-19
May 8, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s a Time for Humility, Caution and Focus on Long Term Improvements. It is Not a Time for Arrogance, Abandon, and the Pursuit of Short Term Gains. It’s hard to know what everyone is thinking, and as a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 24, 2020 | C-19, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Quality Chasm, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
April 24, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, A Fear Of Slip Slidin’ Away The changing character of the native population, brought about through unremarked pressures on porous borders; the creation of an increasingly unwieldy and rigid bureaucracy,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2020 | Atul Gawande, C-19, chronic disease management, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Pandemic Management, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19
Perhaps the most satisfying part of writing is hearing from you. This week I was delighted to hear from two people for whom I have great respect and some past history. One letter was a discussion of what faces us now; how and when to move toward more normal...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Covid-19, Featured Post, Finding Wisdom and Strength In the Arts, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Mary Oliver, Pandemic Management, President Trump, The World After COVID-19
April 17, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Getting Old Already, Let’s Find Ways To Persist I’m giving up the idea of offering analysis about President Trump’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is some debate about whether Abraham...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 10, 2020 | Bernie Sanders, coronavirus, Covid-19, Joe Biden, Social Determinants of Health, The 2020 elections, The Triple Aim, The World After COVID-19
April 10, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, COVID-19 Is A Stress Test For Our Country For over forty years I used stress tests to help me solve clinical problems and judge the capacity of my patient to respond to a physical stress. Over the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 7, 2020 | Communitarianism, Community Action Agencies, coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Empathy, Featured Post, Presidential Politics, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, The World After COVID-19, Who Is My Neighbor?
Sunday is a busy day for me now as we practice social distancing. I attend church online and then watch CBS Sunday Morning followed by the NBC, CBS, and ABC Sunday morning political reviews. I can not force myself to watch Fox News Sunday where Surgeon General...