by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 17, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Burnout, Featured Post, Mass General Brigham Health Care, Moral Injury, non profit healthcare institutions, Partners Health Care, physicians in labor unions, private equity purchases in healthcare, Steward Health Care
May 17, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Trouble In Massachusetts I lived in Massachusetts from 1967 until late 2014. I loved the progressive attitude that was so easily discernable in the circles where I moved. The most dramatic expression of that unique...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 26, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Atrius Health, Consolidation in healthcare, Costs, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, Dr. Walter Murphy, Earth Day, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthcare in Rural America, Healthcare Mergers, Inequality in Healthcare, Moral Injury, Pilgrim Health Care, The moral sensibilities of medical practice, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
April 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Consolidations, Affiliations, Mergers and Culture I have taken several weeks off from recounting the story of my journey toward what I have been calling my “medical moral sensibilities.” As you may remember, the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 29, 2024 | "Joy in Medicine?", A story from my life, Burnout, Eve Shapiro, Featured Post, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, rural healthcare, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Travel Nurses, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 29, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On Nursing This week’s letter is shorter even than last week’s letter. I am making progress, but sitting in a comfortable position for the time required to do work is a challenge. I have appreciated the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 22, 2024 | A personal history, Access, America's dependence on foreign medical graduates, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, denials of payments, Dr.Kevin McGuire, Featured Post, Moral Injury, Nursing Shortages, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Shortest Friday Letter Ever As directed, my wife and I arrived at 9:15 at the Dartmouth same-day surgical unit last Monday. The process was very smooth. I was given a hospital gown, little booties, and a paper...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 15, 2024 | A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Chapter 224, Charles Kenney, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, LEAD, Mike Dukakis, Moral Injury, Opioid Epidemic, Pioneer ACO, Six Domains of Quality, The Best Practice: How The New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Waste in healthcare
March 15, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Income From Quality In the early years of this century after the near failure of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, there were very active conversations in Massachusetts about the cost, quality, and access to healthcare...
