by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 20, 2018 | Burnout, Depression, healthcare finance, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
20 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Burnout: It’s Variable Impact on Providers and Patients I read obituaries habitually. It is a habit that I acquired from my wife who inherited it from her Irish father. She refers to the obits as the “Irish sportspages.” I am...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 12, 2018 | Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Joy in Practice, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
Last year I was delighted to write a preface for the book on patient and family centered practice written by Anthony DiGioia and Eve Shapiro, The Patient Centered Value System: Transforming Healthcare through Co-Design. Recently Eve emailed me with the request that I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 6, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim
Over four years into retirement I frequently wonder what opportunities, if any, do I still have to make a contribution. I reexamined that question recently as I was patting myself on the back for writing my weekly letter, now called “Healthcare Musings,” for ten...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 6, 2018 | Costs, Delivery, Health in America, healthcare finance, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Lean, patient centered care, Sustainability, The Triple Aim
In last week’s post, I tried to reconstruct the thinking of the Atrius Health management team in early 2008. At that time we were writing a new strategic plan to respond to the uncertain future of healthcare. Over the previous decade publications like To Err is Human...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 30, 2018 | Burnout, Health in America, healthcare finance, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, The Triple Aim
It has been almost ten years since I took on the challenge of trying to lead Atrius Health. The challenges then were very similar to the ones we face now. I was impressed then as I am now with the body of thought and knowledge that had been expressed in Crossing the...