by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 30, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, Presidential Politics, Senator Jeff Merkley, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
With the growing concerns about the need for change and the approaching election, last Sunday afternoon my wife and I volunteered to go door to door for our local Democratic Party in a “get out the vote” effort. We do not want to wake up in two weeks on November 7...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 26, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, ACO, Costs, Future of Heathcare, Lean, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement
26 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Doing an “A4” on Payment and Delivery System Reform If the term “A4” is a fuzzy concept for you, or is not in your vocabulary, let me refer you back to the Healthcare Musings post for October 12 where you...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 23, 2018 | 2018 Midterm Elections, ACA, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Presidential Politics
Last May I lifted the title and the hook from one of Paul Simon’s songs to write “Is the Triple Aim ‘Slip Slidin’ Away?” The recurrent passage or chorus in the song is: Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 19, 2018 | Future of Heathcare, Innovation, MACRA, Systemness
19 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, “Systemness” as Nirvana This week I have had the pleasure of attending the 5th Annual ATLAS conference in Boston. ATLAS is an acronym for Annual Thought Leadership on Access Symposium. It is the annual...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 16, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Medical Professionalism, Medical Quality, Population Health, The Quality Chasm, The Triple Aim
This last weekend my wife and I enjoyed the visit of an Interested Reader and his wife. It was a short visit. They arrived late on a rainy Saturday afternoon. They left too early for a walk on Sunday morning. We did have time for a great conversation in front of a...