Healthcare Musings for 28 September 2018
28 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, This Week’s News Makes Me Think of Berwick’s Era Three in Medicine It has been an unusual week in the news. One advantage of being retired is that you can listen in real time to some pretty bizarre things...
Care of the Frail Elderly
When we talk about the care of the elderly we are often focused on the expense of care at the end of life. There is no question that this is a serious issue that deserves consideration since it may constitute as much as 11% of all healthcare spending. Just knowing how...
Healthcare Musings for 21 September 2018
21 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Overuse, Misuse, and Underuse: Hallmarks of Suboptimal  Practice and a Barrier To a Better Future Healthcare will definitely be an important, if not the top issue in the November midterm elections....
Team Based Care Is Essential to the Future of Healthcare
I consider myself to be incredibly fortunate. From the moment I walked into my first practice session at the the “old” Harvard Community Health Plan to the last day of practice life, I was always part of a team. The constitution of the “team” varied from time to time...
Healthcare Musings 14 September 2018
`14 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers There Are No “Do Overs” in Life, But Continuous Improvement Is Always An Option Sometimes it feels like my wife and I are running a B and B. The last of our summertime visitors, or the first of our fall...
Reflections on the Heroism of the Passengers and Crew of Flight 93
Note to readers: This post was scheduled for publication on 9/11/18 under the title “Reflections on “Flight 93.” For technical reasons the notice of its publication did not go out to readers. It is being reposted as “Reflections on the Heroism...
Reflections on Flight 93
I am sure that you can remember exactly where you were when you first heard that a jet had flown into the World Trade Center. There was great confusion and dismay. When the second jet hit the towers it was clear that the first crash was no accident. It was not long...
Healthcare Musings for 7 September 2018
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...
Brett Kavanaugh and the Future of Healthcare
The Senate Judiciary committee begins its pro forma hearings this week in the confirmation process of Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. After Kavanaugh joins the court there will be a solid conservative majority. For at least the next...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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