Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2026

Healthcare Musings For September 18, 2026

September 18, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Unraveling Quality   This week, as usual, I avoided watching the Emmy Awards extravaganza on television. I don’t exactly know why I don’t enjoy watching all the self-congratulatory entertainment awards ceremonies...
Healthcare Musings For September 11, 2026

Healthcare Musings For September 11, 2026

September 11, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Could It Be 25 Years? And Other Questions and Observations   If you were born before 1990, you can probably remember 9/11/2001 with more detail than you can remember the Fourth of July this year. My understanding...
Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 26, 2026

June 26, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   When Will Doctors Take A Stand?   Exactly a year ago, The New England Journal of Medicine began a remarkable series in its “Perspectives” section entitled The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care. There was a companion...
Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2026

Healthcare Musings For June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Interesting Changes In Medical Education   If you read my letter from last Friday, you know that I was writing from Boston, where my wife and I had gone for my medical school class reunion. Our minds play tricks on...
Healthcare Musings For May 1, 2026

Healthcare Musings For May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Get To Universal Access To Care Without Big Changes?   Much of my free time and energy for the past two weekends has been spent in Maine around the birth of our newest grandson. He arrived at Maine Medical Center...
Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026

Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026 Dear Interested Readers,   A Celebration of a Past Victory In a Time of Great Concern   There was an unusual gathering this past Monday at historic Faneuil Hall on Boston’s waterfront. The current governor of Massachusetts, Maura Healey,...