by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 16, 2024 | Abortion, burnout and professional fulfillment, Declaration of Geneva, Denver Health, Dr. Patty Gabow, employed physicians, Featured Post, First Amendment implications for medical practice, Future of Heathcare, Hippocratic Oath, legal restrictions on medical practice, medical oaths, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, patient centered care, professional responsibilities in conflict with personal beliefs
August 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Our Professional Challenges Are Mounting Have you read the Hippocratic Oath? At about 2500 years old, it is a bit out of date, sort of long, probably not written by Hippocrates, and refers to gods that no longer...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 9, 2024 | a woman's right to make reproductive health choices, ACA, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Governor Tim Walz, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, J.D. Vance, Kamala Harris, MAGA, paid family leave, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, the Harris campaign for president, weird politics of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, Wildflowers
August 9, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Governor Tim Walz Understands The Social Determinants of Health I was delighted when Vice President Harris chose Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate on Tuesday. I had been only vaguely aware of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 2, 2024 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Abortion, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare equity, march-in-rights, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, The 2024 Presidential Election, the Harris campaign for president
August 2, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, What Would Kamala Harris Do For Healthcare If Elected? For almost two weeks now newspapers, podcasts, and television commentators have been busy trying to present Kamala Harris to many potential voters, especially...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 26, 2024 | A story from my life, Biden and Trump debate, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Kamala Harris' campaign for president, Kamala Harris' parents, Kubler-Ross steps, President Biden's address after withdrawing from the election, President Biden's withdrawal from the election, Project 2025, The 2024 Presidential Election
July 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Thank You, President Biden When I think back on the events that seem to lead to unexpected places, there is always an abrupt transition from a moment when everything seemed normal to a new unfamiliar reality. In an...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 19, 2024 | 2024 elections, Attempt Assassination of Donald Trump, Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, Democracy on the Ballot, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, J.D. Vance, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Republican National Convention, Republican Platform for 2024, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
July 19, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, It Has Been A Very Strange Week We never know what unexpected event the next day or even the next hour might bring to us. What were you doing late last Saturday afternoon while Biden was in a contentious meeting...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Biden and Trump debate, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, Democracy on the Ballot, Featured Post, Politics and Healthcare, Presidential Politics, Republican Platform for 2024, The Triple Aim, Trump's lies
July 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Democracy, Women’s Reproductive Rights, Healthcare, And Perhaps Joe Biden’s Age Are On the Ballot This November I suspect that I am more focused on politics than many healthcare professionals. Maybe my focus and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 5, 2024 | 2024 elections, A story from my life, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, David Brooks, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Joe Biden, Social Determinants of Health, The June 27 presidential debate
July 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers Let’s Think about Joe There has been something weird going on in cyberspace. Three weeks ago the notification service that I use each week to send an email to you saying that there is a new letter for you to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 28, 2024 | 2024 elections, Biden and Trump debate, Chat GPT, Christian Nationalism, Donald Trump, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
June 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Big Debate This has been an unusual week. Waiting for a big event has always been hard for me. As a child, it always seemed like my birthday or Christmas would never come. Waiting nine months to meet a new baby...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 21, 2024 | A personal history, Critical Race Theory, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, Juneteenth, Peter Bloch, Social Determinants of Health
June 21, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflecting On The Real Significance of Juneteenth Our newest national holiday, Juneteenth, was celebrated this past Wednesday, June 19th. It was well publicized, but my assumption is that for many Americans the day...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 14, 2024 | A personal history, AI in healthcare, Atrius Health, Computers In Healthcare, Consolidation in healthcare, Dartmouth Health, Epic, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Judy Faulkner, Lean, Mergers and Acquisitions, Optum Health, patient centered care, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
June 14, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On This Moment In Healthcare When I began to write these Friday letters sixteen years ago in mid-February 2008, it was much easier than my task now. All I needed to do then to discover plenty to write...