by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 29, 2015 | Burnout, Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, Reform
Lean arrived a little late for me. Even now, the Triple Aim is still more of a goal than a reality. When I think back over the system of waste in which I practiced medicine, I am left with the regret of the lost time spent licking envelopes, making calls for...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 21, 2015 | Accountability, Data, Delivery, Featured Post, News
Recently the Boston Globe published the much-anticipated results of the independent actuarial accounting of the results of the first two years of the Pioneer ACOs program of CMMI.(Click here to read the whole article.) I find it impossible to read this without wanting...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 14, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Process Improvement, Reform, Resources
As I reflect in early retirement on my years of practice, I am a little surprised that I am losing the names of many of my patients. I saw thousands of patients in more than a hundred thousand office visits and stood at the bedsides of thousands more in hundreds of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 5, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Reform, Strategy, The Triple Aim
In my recent encounters with leaders who are fostering healthcare innovation in Vermont, I have observed that leadership within the ACOs, The Vermont Medical Society, forward-looking and socially oriented members of Faculty at the UVM Medical School, the leadership of...