by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 25, 2024 | A story from my life, ACA, American Medical Association, Atrius Health, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Donald Trump, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Kamala Harris, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Triple Aim
October 25, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Looking Back With Some Nostalgia. Looking Forward With Hope Today, eleven years ago, I sent out my last letter, number 296, to the Harvard Vanguard and Atrius Health employees. Initially, the salutation on my...
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 | 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 | Apr 26, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Atrius Health, Consolidation in healthcare, Costs, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, Dr. Walter Murphy, Earth Day, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthcare in Rural America, Healthcare Mergers, Inequality in Healthcare, Moral Injury, Pilgrim Health Care, The moral sensibilities of medical practice, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
April 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Consolidations, Affiliations, Mergers and Culture I have taken several weeks off from recounting the story of my journey toward what I have been calling my “medical moral sensibilities.” As you may remember, the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 19, 2024 | A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bill Rodgers, Boston Marathon, Build Back Better Bill, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Paul Batalden, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Manchin, LEAD, MAGA, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The conflict in Gaza, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Public Option, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim, Trump's Trial In New York, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
April 19, 2024 Dear interested Readers, What Can We Do? I should give you a warning that what follows is just personal opinion and speculation based on many years of observation and substantial frustration. As I think back over what I have observed in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Dartmouth Health, eclipse of the sun, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Path of Totality, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
