An Enthusiastic Invitation To Be Disruptive

An Enthusiastic Invitation To Be Disruptive

by | Apr 30, 2019 | Consumerism in Healthcare, Costs, Culture, Disruptive Innovation, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Zeev Neuwirth

One of my occasional delights over the past few years has been to have a friend or former colleague whom I have admired and learned from send me a manuscript or a recently published book that they have written. I am always a little apprehensive when what has been...
Healthcare Musings For 19 April 2019

Healthcare Musings For 19 April 2019

by | Apr 19, 2019 | ACO, Boston Medical Center, Costs, CVS, CVS/ Aetna Merger, Featured Post, Innovation, MACRA, MassHealth, MD, patient centered care, Population Health, The 2020 elections, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement

19 April 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   Troy Brennan And CVS Are Betting on Medicare For All and Risk   This week I traveled to Boston for the annual meeting of the combined boards that serve the Boston Medical Center. There is a hospital board....
Healthcare Musings For 22 March 2019

Healthcare Musings For 22 March 2019

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), burnout and professional fulfillment, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Innovation, Moral Injury, Payment Models, Population Health, Quadruple Aim, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Watson

  22 March 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   Musing With Friends About Healthcare   This week’s letter lives up to the title of “Healthcare Musings.” The dictionary says that musings are periods of reflection or thought. I would add that when I am...
Reflections on Dr. Ebert’s “Moonshot”

Reflections on Dr. Ebert’s “Moonshot”

by | Jan 29, 2019 | Dean Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical, healthcare finance, Innovation in Healthcare, Population Health, The Triple Aim

One thing that I am learning about first hand these days is ageism. I have experienced having young clerks walk right past me as if I was invisible to serve a younger customer who has just appeared. There is a wider gulf between generations than just familiarity with...