by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 11, 2015 | Accountability, Costs, Data, Featured Post, Leadership
When you live in a small town that is at least a half hour away from “big box stores” and other commercial outlets you begin to develop some shopping efficiencies. Recently, before driving the one hundred miles south to Boston for me to attend a meeting, my wife and I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 4, 2015 | Healthcare Musings Archive
4 December 2015 Dear Interested Readers, Inside This Week’s Letter There are two sections to this week’s letter. The first section begins as a celebration of the opportunities that exist in healthcare. It continues as an attempt to explain how Lean can mitigate the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 27, 2015 | Healthcare Musings Archive
27 November 2015 Dear Interested Readers, Inside This Week’s Letter Sometimes things just fall into place and for that I am thankful. This week’s letter begins with a discussion of what I am thankful for in healthcare. The list of things that I am thankful for seemed...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 25, 2015 | Featured Post, Reform
Some Articles You Should Read The September 24th issue of the NEJM had two great articles in the “Perspectives” section on the new Medicare payment process, MACRA, the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. This new law that replaced the SGR, which...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 20, 2015 | Reference Materials
22 November 2013 Dear “interested readers” Volume II I was amazed and quite shocked when at the recent Harvard Vanguard awards dinner I was presented a bound copy of my letters to “Atrius Health and other interested readers”. The tome looks something like the old...