by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 25, 2016 | Costs, Featured Post, News, Population Health Management, The Triple Aim
I was recently surprised when I received the free publication online from JAMA of the “The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014” by Chetty, et. al. An added bonus to the JAMA paper was the discovery that the New York Times...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 18, 2016 | Accountability, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Payment Models, Reform, Resources
Doctors and hospitals worry a lot about what they get paid. It surprised me several years ago to discover that a majority of the doctors and managers in our organization did not have an in depth understanding of the mechanisms and issues that really determined how we...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2016 | Accountability, Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Population Health Management, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim
It is easy to talk about the disparities in healthcare, but making progress against the current of complex social issues that are at the root of the differences in care experience and outcomes between populations has proven to be very hard. We have preferred “military...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 5, 2016 | Featured Post, Leadership, Lean, Population Health Management, Process Improvement, Reform, Strategy
“Standard work” for leaders includes being involved and practicing a style of management that includes coaching, mentoring and teaching rather than just commanding, expecting, and holding accountable the people who do the work. John Toussaint has postulated that...