by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 27, 2016 | ACA, Accountability, ACO, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation
Elliott Fisher first described the concept of the ACO in an article in Health Affairs in December 2006. As of January 2016 there were over 800 ACOs, but there is huge variation in form and execution of an idea that looked simple at the start. Since 2011 the number of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 20, 2016 | ACA, ACO, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, National Health Service, Payment Models, Presidential Politics, Reform, Strategy, The Triple Aim
Back in April when we were not absolutely sure who the nominees for president would be. Michael Cohen wrote “Obamacare: an unheralded success” in the Boston Globe. He commented then that healthcare was not getting much discussion by Republicans beyond a flat out...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 13, 2016 | Delivery, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Reform, The Triple Aim
An “Interested Reader “ and friend recently sent me a eulogy that he delivered at his father-in-law’s funeral. Let me give it to you to read, and then invite you to think with me about Don Berwick’s recent call for Era 3, the “Moral Era” of healthcare. I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 6, 2016 | Featured Post, Lean
Patient and Family Centered Care and Lean in Healthcare Transformation Lately, I have been thinking a lot about the power of combining patient centeredness and Lean in healthcare transformation. These ideas became more focused after a recent call that worried me from...