by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 27, 2024 | A personal history, ChatGPT, Dr. Eric Reinhardt, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Dr.Zeev Neuwirth, Featured Post, Improving the health of the poor, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Martin Luther King Jr, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, Structural Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
September 27, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Exploring The Structural Determinants of Health When I became a healthcare CEO in February 2008, I was more focused on what happened within our organization and our relationships with our affiliated hospitals...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 6, 2024 | A personal history, Access, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atrius Health, Boston Medical Center, Chat GPT, concierge care, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Healthcare in Rural America, medical care in small-town America, Republican Platform for 2024, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
6 September 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Healthcare Challenges In Small-town and Rural America Are Coming To The City If you live in rural America, a small town, or in a less desirable neighborhood in America, your access to primary care, your...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Biden and Trump debate, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, Democracy on the Ballot, Featured Post, Politics and Healthcare, Presidential Politics, Republican Platform for 2024, The Triple Aim, Trump's lies
July 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Democracy, Women’s Reproductive Rights, Healthcare, And Perhaps Joe Biden’s Age Are On the Ballot This November I suspect that I am more focused on politics than many healthcare professionals. Maybe my focus and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 21, 2024 | A personal history, Critical Race Theory, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, Juneteenth, Peter Bloch, Social Determinants of Health
June 21, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflecting On The Real Significance of Juneteenth Our newest national holiday, Juneteenth, was celebrated this past Wednesday, June 19th. It was well publicized, but my assumption is that for many Americans the day...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 14, 2024 | A personal history, AI in healthcare, Atrius Health, Computers In Healthcare, Consolidation in healthcare, Dartmouth Health, Epic, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Judy Faulkner, Lean, Mergers and Acquisitions, Optum Health, patient centered care, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
June 14, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On This Moment In Healthcare When I began to write these Friday letters sixteen years ago in mid-February 2008, it was much easier than my task now. All I needed to do then to discover plenty to write...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 17, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Burnout, Featured Post, Mass General Brigham Health Care, Moral Injury, non profit healthcare institutions, Partners Health Care, physicians in labor unions, private equity purchases in healthcare, Steward Health Care
May 17, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Trouble In Massachusetts I lived in Massachusetts from 1967 until late 2014. I loved the progressive attitude that was so easily discernable in the circles where I moved. The most dramatic expression of that unique...