by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 13, 2018 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Burnout, Computers In Healthcare, Featured Post, healthcare finance
This week Atul Gawande has published “The Upgrade” in The New Yorker. It is the best article I have read on computers in practice. The title in the online edition is the more appropriate “Why Doctors Hate Their Computers. He uses stories that feel like...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 18, 2018 | Burnout, medical home, professional fulfillment, team based care
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 31, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, Lean
31 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Whataboutism, Pivoting, Economic Injustice, and Healthcare Lately I have been asking people in my circle of acquaintances what they think about “whataboutism.” I have gotten many blank stares which indicates to me that some...
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 3, 2018 | Burnout, Era 3: the moral era, healthcare finance, Leadership, Lean, Moral Injury, The Triple Aim
3 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Looking At “Burnout” From a Different Perspective Last week I received a brief note from an Interested Reader who lives in Miami, Florida, and who is admirably active as a Quaker in activities that he hopes will increase the...