by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 24, 2021 | Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Financial challenges of primary care., Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Health and Human Services, Healthcare equity, Life Expectancy, Practice Improvement, Primary Care Challenges, the centrality of Primary Care, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare, Xavier Becerra
September 24, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About the (Compromised) Future of Primary Care I have always thought of myself as a primary care physician. When I joined the practice at Harvard Community Health Plan as their only cardiologist...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 17, 2021 | ACA, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Employer Provided Health Insurance, Featured Post, Global Warming, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, out of pocket healthcare costs, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Public Option, Universal Access
September 17, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Why Is Universal Healthcare Coverage Such an Elusive Goal? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine has two thought-provoking articles in its “Perspectives” section. The first article is “State Public Option...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 10, 2021 | 9/11, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, Skepticism about the COVID-19 Vaccine, The Good Samaritan, The Triple Aim, We have neglected the importance of public health.
September 10, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, 9/11 and 2001 Remembered and Reflections I was deeply moved by a casual statement made by a news commentator about how young the thirteen soldiers were who were killed by the ISIS terrorist bomber who blew...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 3, 2021 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Atul Gawande, Costa Rica's remarkable healthcare system, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, maternal and infant mortality, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Triple Aim, We have neglected the importance of public health.
September 3, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Gawande Delivers Again I have my healthcare heroes. Most of them like Robert Pearl, Elisabeth Rosenthal, and Zeke Emanuel, I don’t know personally. I just know and appreciate their articles, editorials,...
