by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 27, 2018 | Costs, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Policy, law of inverse care, Leadership
27 July 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Another Obit and Another Perspective I am a regular reader of the “Perspectives” section of the New England Journal of Medicine. I can count on the fact that week after week I will get an excellent return on the time I invest in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 24, 2018 | Healthcare Quality, patient centered care, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
Nothing satisfies a writer like getting a story back from a reader that confirms that at least one other person understood your point. I find that sometimes the person who is commenting adds a story that makes my original thought even more effective. I received such a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 20, 2018 | Burnout, Depression, healthcare finance, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
20 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Burnout: It’s Variable Impact on Providers and Patients I read obituaries habitually. It is a habit that I acquired from my wife who inherited it from her Irish father. She refers to the obits as the “Irish sportspages.” I am...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 17, 2018 | Burnout, Depression, patient centered care, Therapeutic benefit of nature and exercise in nature
The salutation for the Friday letter which I have been writing for the last ten years has evolved, as has the format. Since my retirement it has been addressed to “Dear Interested Readers.” For over three years the letter has had a scene from nature as the “header.”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 13, 2018 | ACA, Healthcare as a Right, Presidential Politics, The Supreme Court and Healthcare
13 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, So Far So Good, and a Request Last week the delivery process of this letter changed. The letter was also a little shorter, by design. I hope that you liked the new delivery process. Tuesday’s post was a totally new piece and not a...