by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 29, 2017 | Burnout, Competition, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Innovation, Leadership, Lean, The Triple Aim
“Consolidation, competition, and innovation are the answer to what?”, you might ask. Keeping it simple, I mean the high cost of care and the Triple Aim. To keep it short I could just say, all three will help, but even maximized to the nth degree they will never in and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 16, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Burnout, Featured Post, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Lean, Siri, The Triple Aim, Watson
I do not stake my hopes for the future of healthcare on new legislation or changes in payment methodologies. Those are necessary but insufficient if we are ever going to respond effectively to the challenge to achieve …Care better than we’ve seen, health...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 21, 2017 | AHCA, Burnout, Costs, Featured Post, Population Health Management, Repeal and Replace
Retirement is a time of reflection. Most of one’s agency lies in the past. I must organize opportunities to transfer bits of experience, insight and wisdom to those who still do the work if I am to have the joy of continuing to contribute to the dream of a future...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 7, 2017 | ACA, ACO, Burnout, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Medicaid Reform, Medicare Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, Resources, Strategy, The Triple Aim
There is no challenge like the challenge of creating a strategic plan in uncertain times. What do you do when you do not know what to do? That is a question that frequently challenges leaders. Over eight years ago, after Lehman Brothers had failed and the value of the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 22, 2016 | Accountability, Burnout, Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement
I believe that without the total commitment of senior leadership, especially the CEO, Lean can’t succeed. Leadership can launch Lean or leadership can tolerate Lean and enjoy the benefits that it offers for a while, but if leadership wants Lean to be a sustainable...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 2, 2016 | Burnout, Featured Post, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, Reform, The Triple Aim
It is paradoxical that despite all of the opportunities for professional satisfaction in healthcare, one of the issues of greatest concern that challenges the Triple Aim is the emotional health and happiness of healthcare professionals. Healthcare is populated by...