by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 18, 2022 | autocrats, COVID, Dana Milbank, Donald Trump's admiration of Putin, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Governor Ron DeSantis, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, Illiberalism, Inequality, Marina Ovsyannikova, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Six Domains of Quality, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
March 18, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Trying To Make Some Sense Of A Continuing Senseless Tragedy There was a brief moment in time almost sixty years ago when I considered changing my college major from chemistry/pre-med to English. I was completely...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, Build Back Better, COVID uncertainty, election scenarios, Featured Post, Health in America, Inflation, Joe Biden and the Future, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Manchin, Leadership, Politics and Healthcare, President Volodymyr Zelensky’, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, State of the Union Address, The John R Lewis Voting Rights Act
March 4, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, After A Week Of Valor And A Good Speech, It’s Not Time To Give Up. One advantage that I enjoy in retirement is that I can easily redirect my time and attention to events as they occur. As you might imagine, my usual...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 25, 2022 | Dr. Paul Farmer, Featured Post, Global Health, Maxine Stanesa, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Ubuntu
25 February 2022 Dear Interested Readers, A Week of Worry and Loss Like almost everyone in the free world except for Donald Trump and those who for some difficult to understand reason want to live in a nation that he would lead toward some version...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 18, 2022 | A story from my life, ACA, Atrius Health, compensation, Continuous Improvement, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Lean, Martin Luther King Jr, Massachusetts Health Policy Commision, Polarization in America, Process Improvement, team based care, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, transformational change, Value Based Reimbursement
February 18, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Musings on an Anniversary I published my first “Friday letter” on February 22, 2008. It was the last day of my first week on the job as the Interim CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Atrius...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 11, 2022 | Biases, connectedness, COVID stress on hospital resources, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, Don't Look Up, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Health in America, healthcare disparities, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Interdependence, Majority-Minority, Massachusetts Health Policy Commision, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, The Triple Aim, Thomas Edsall
February 11, 2022 Dear Concerned Readers, “When You’re Accustomed To Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression.” I was surprised by the response that I got last week from two loyal readers. As I have re-read the exchanges between them and me, it occurred...
