Healthcare Musings For March 29, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Reflections On Nursing   This week’s letter is shorter even than last week’s letter. I am making progress, but sitting in a comfortable position for the time required to do work is a challenge. I have appreciated the...
Healthcare Musings: March 22, 2024

Healthcare Musings: March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   The Shortest Friday Letter Ever   As directed, my wife and I arrived at 9:15 at the Dartmouth same-day surgical unit last Monday.  The process was very smooth. I was given a hospital gown, little booties, and a paper...
Healthcare Musings For March 15, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Income From Quality   In the early years of this century after the near failure of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, there were very active conversations in Massachusetts about the cost, quality, and access to healthcare...
Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   A Better Understanding of Moral Injury   My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
Healthcare Musings For October 6, 2023

Healthcare Musings For October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Evolution of Ideas and the Environment   As I pick up my story this week, I am among the many who are shaking their head in dismay over what has happened to Speaker Kevin McCarthy amid the disharmony in the House of...