by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 25, 2016 | Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Lean, Population Health Management, The Triple Aim
It is surprising that we have no good metrics to track our progress toward the Triple Aim. We have lagging numbers on what we spend as a nation and debatable public health indicators of gross population metrics. No one knows how many healthcare organizations have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 26, 2015 | Burnout, Featured Post, Leadership, Lean, Reform
What does David Foster Wallace have to tell us about burnout? More than most healthcare professionals might think. The publicity for The End of the Tour, a new film starring Jason Segel as Wallace, has reminded me of the message I took away from the first Wallace book...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 28, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, News, Process Improvement, Reform, Strategy
I am now involved in a small way with the Vermont Healthcare Innovation Project that is the latest of several efforts in Vermont to move away from healthcare that is fragmented, inefficient and expensive. Despite efforts to move toward value-based reimbursement and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 10, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Payment Models, Process Improvement, Reform, Strategy, The Triple Aim
Last week I traveled from my new home in New London, New Hampshire to Farmington, Connecticut to participate in a leadership conference for a large physician group there. This group, like many physician groups across the country, is making that transition from the...