by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 3, 2023 | Dartmouth Health, DeSantis attacks diversity, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Gun Violence, Health in America, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Healthcare's report card, Inclusion, Life Expectancy, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Triple Aim
February 3, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, At 11:31 AM on Tuesday, it was 23 degrees where I live. I was enjoying the almost cloudless sky and bright sunlight. I was out “early” for my walk because the temperature was falling fast. I knew it would be less than...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 20, 2023 | Children in poverty, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Economic inequality, Enlightenment Now, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Lfe expectancy, Manifest Destiny, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty and healthcare, Rutger Bregman and Humankind: A hopeful History, Social Determinants of Health, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life, The Triple Aim, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Where Do We Go From Here?
January 20, 2023 Dear interested Readers, It Is a Matter of Perspective Most Monday mornings I am on a Zoom call with seven good friends. We are a “book group.” Over a few years, we have been through several books that discuss philosophical, ethical,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 16, 2022 | a personal testimony, Burnout, compassion fatigue, Don Berwick, Dr. Anthony DiGioia, Eric Reinhardt, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, patient centered care, The Patient Centered Value System, The Triple Aim
December 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Why Are You In Healthcare? The question in this title assumes that you are a healthcare provider or work in healthcare. I know for a fact that many of the readers of these notes do not work in any aspect of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 25, 2022 | A story from my life, Cardinal Cushing, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life
November 25, 202 Dear Interested Readers, In Memoriam J.L.D. Oh yet we trust that somehow good will be the final goal of ill! Alfred Lord Tennyson worked for seventeen years to produce his very famous poem “In Memorium A.H.H.” which...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 4, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Democratic control of the House, election denial, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health in America, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Illiberalism, Inequality, Inflation, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
November 4, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, The Election Next Tuesday Will Impact The Future of Our Democracy and Our Collective Health. No Matter the Outcome, What Will Follow Is Up To Us. Next Tuesday is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in...
