by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 10, 2026 | A personal history, Biases, Boston Marathon, cosmetic dentistry, equity in dental care, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Iran War, Mary Otto, poverty and dental care
April 10, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Dental Care Is Not Equitable My wife and I spend a lot of money on our dental care. This year, we canceled our so-called dental insurance that we were buying through her Federal Employee Retirement Benefit because...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 21, 2025 | Biases, Conservative Values, Continuous Improvement, culture wars, David Brooks, DEI, Elon Musk, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare under Trump, intersectionality, Liberalism, Life Expectancy, MAGA, Medicaid, Politics and Healthcare, Populism, Principles of Stupidity, Progressive Values, Robert Kennedy Jr., SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
February 21, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Maybe Trump’s Radical Ways Are Revealing That I Am A Conservative Last Thursday I was delighted to see that David Brooks had a new opinion piece in the New York Times. His column usually comes out every...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 7, 2023 | A story from my life, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biases, doctor shortage, DSL initiatives, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Implicit Bias, Nursing Shortages, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Supreme Court and affirmative action, The Supreme Court and student loan forgiveness, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
July 7, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, How Did We Develop Our Workforce Shortages? Last week the Supreme Court finished its session by announcing several controversial decisions. None of them had a direct impact on healthcare, but at least two of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2023 | AI in healthcare, Biases, Chat GPT, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health
April 21, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, My First Encounter With Chat GPT: I Welcome the Use of AI in Medicine. When I joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1975 I was well aware of the fact that I was joining an active experiment that was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 24, 2023 | antiracism, Biases, Burnout, COVID, Critical Race Theory, Daniel Kahneman, Diversity, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, Equity, ESG, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Outcomes, Implicit Bias, Inclusion, intersectionality, LaShyra Nolen., Linda Villarosa, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine, woke healthcare
March 24, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, “Woke” Healthcare: Implicit Racism, DEI, ESG, Biases, Intersectionality, and Duality in Healthcare I don’t know if you noticed it or not, but some politicians who seek to gain political advantage on the right tried...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 17, 2023 | Arlie Russell Hochschild, Biases, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Economic inequality, Evictions, Featured Post, food Insecurity, Healthcare Outcomes, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Inequality, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Matthew Desmond, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health
March 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Desmond Implies that Progressives and Conservatives Share Some Responsibility for Poverty: What Needs to Change to Improve the Social Determinants of Health? Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Before you drink...
