Healthcare Musings For 16 August 2019
16 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Race and Healthcare The New York Times Magazine has launched a program this month that it is calling “The 1619 Project.” This year is the 400th anniversary of slavery in America. The piece that you will find if you follow...
Tapping Into Big Data To Make Progress On The Triple Aim
I was in the last group of interns selected by Dr George Thorn who was the Chief of Medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from 1942 until 1972. I began my internship in Medicine on June 20, 1971. That night I was the admitting intern on the male ward, F Main. I...
Healthcare Musings For 26 July 2019
26 July 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Movie Got Mixed Reviews. I Think I Will Read the Book. Being retired has its benefits and its liabilities. Since I did not have to go to work on Wednesday, or on any day, I was able to invest the whole day listening to...
Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward Universal Coverage
The picture in the header of this post is my attempt to create an image that represents Creative Destruction, or if you prefer a more dramatic term, Schumpeter’s gale. I will get back to those terms, but first let me fully explain the meaning of the image by...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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