by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 8, 2019 | Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", Improving the health of the poor, Poverty and healthcare
I was apprehensive when I sent out last Friday’s “Healthcare Musings.” The main section of the letter was entitled “We Must Address Poverty and the Social Determinants of Health.” I was concerned that some readers might not consider discussing poverty as an...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 4, 2019 | Democratic control of the House, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
4 January 2019 Dear Interested Readers, We Must Address Poverty and the Social Determinants of Health I have the opinion that most Americans do not understand or spend much time thinking about the term “social determinants of health”, or connect...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 1, 2019 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare in 2019, The Triple Aim
I hope that you enjoyed the fireworks last night. Someone on our lake put on a big show. This will not be a typical New Year’s Day. The big college football games leading up to the national championship were played on Saturday night and the NFL playoffs will not begin...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 21, 2018 | Dr. Tom Lee, Evidence Based Medicine, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Interpersonal Medicine, Practice Improvement, professional fulfillment
21 December 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Finding the Balance in Practice I have known and respected Dr. Tom Lee, the Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey, since he was a house officer and cardiology fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 14, 2018 | "Wicked Problems" in Healthcare, Costs, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Social Determinants of Health, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Sustainability, The Triple Aim
14 December 2014 Dear Interested Readers, Sustainability, a Foundational Concern for Healthcare Late Wednesday afternoon I decided to take a walk, since the hike in the woods that I took with a friend earlier in the day had been more about...