by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 26, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Atrius Health, diseases of despair, Dr. Gary Kaplan, Dr. John Toussaint, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Dr. Patty Gabow, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, LEAD, Lean, microsystems, New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Nicholas Kristof, Simpler, Six Sigma, Strategy, The Commonwealth Fund, The LEAD project of Blue Cross, The Triple Aim, TQM, Zeev Neuwirth
January 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Some Recent Articles of Interest Finally, the New Hampshire Presidential Primary is over. I am relieved. Perhaps through the rest of the winter, as well as spring and summer, we will be free from the robocalls...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 19, 2024 | A personal history, Charles Kenney, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Featured Post, Global Warming, Life Expectancy in America, Massachusetts Blue Cross, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Best Practice: How The New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine, The LEAD project of Blue Cross, The moral sensibilities of medical practice, The New Hampshire Primary, the plight of small town newspapers, The Valley News, TQM, transformational change
January 19, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, An Interesting Article In My Local Newspaper Small-town newspapers are a dying public resource. A recent report from the PBS News Hour begins: Over the past few decades, more than 2,000 newspapers across...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 12, 2024 | "I Have A Dream" speach, A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, I have been to the mountaintop speech, Martin Luther King Jr, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The LEAD project of Blue Cross
January 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Uncommon Greatness–Remembered Monday, January 15, is the birthday of Dr. King. This is a rare year because the national holiday that honors his contributions to all of humankind falls on his birth date in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 5, 2024 | 2024 elections, A story from my life, Conflict in Gaza, democracy versus illiberalism, election scenarios, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, Nikki Haley, Putin's war in Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, The New Hampshire presidential primary
January 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Surprising Event At The Beginning of a Pivotal Year I have observed presidential campaigns for a long time. I well remember watching the 1952 presidential nominating conventions on our recently acquired black...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 29, 2023 | 2024 elections, ACA, democracy versus illiberalism, Drugs/ Fentanyl, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Homelessness and Health, immigration/ illegal immigrants, infrastructure inadequacies, Martin Luther King Jr, Reproductive Rights, the economy and inflation, wars and rumors of wars, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
December 29, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Been A Tough Year I am not sorry that we have only two more days in 2023. I always see a little hope in new beginnings. 2024 has the potential to be an outstanding year, but there is an almost equal...
