Healthcare Musings For December 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 16, 2022

by | Dec 16, 2022 | a personal testimony, Burnout, compassion fatigue, Don Berwick, Dr. Anthony DiGioia, Eric Reinhardt, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, patient centered care, The Patient Centered Value System, The Triple Aim

December 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Why Are You In Healthcare?   The question in this title assumes that you are a healthcare provider or work in healthcare. I know for a fact that many of the readers of these notes do not work in any aspect of...
Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

by | Dec 2, 2022 | A story from my life, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Featured Post, improving the delivery of care, Improving the health of the poor, patient centered care, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

December 2, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   The Long Good Bye To Joe   The response to my letter last week about the life of service that Dr. Joseph Dorsey lived was remarkable. Four of those responses came through the comments function of the newsletter,...
Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

by | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare

September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Rethinking How We Deliver Care   In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
Healthcare Musings For November 13, 2020

Healthcare Musings For November 13, 2020

by | Nov 13, 2020 | "Joy in Medicine?", Balint Groups, Burnout, burnout and professional fulfillment, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Robert Coles and the "Call of Service", Essential Workers, Eve Shapiro, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", Joe Biden, President Trump, professional fulfillment, The 2020 election

  November 13, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   An Introduction To A Remarkable Book   I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Two things that I have anticipated have happened simultaneously. First, the election is sort of behind us. If...
Pondering Choices That Might Put Out The Fire

Pondering Choices That Might Put Out The Fire

by | Mar 3, 2020 | A Brief History of the Last One Hundred Years Of Healthcare, Burnout, compassion fatigue, Dr. Robert Coes and the Call of Service, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, The evolution of chronic disease management, the power of stories

  The character of medical practice has changed over the past fifty years. The changes go far beyond our technological and scientific advances. Many reflect on the change in the experience of providing care. Others focus on how the experience of receiving care...
Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 31 January 2020

by | Jan 31, 2020 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Activism in Healthcare, Burnout, Costs, Dr. David Shulkin, Dr. Samuel Shem, Empathy, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Population Health, The Triple Aim, Zeev Neuwirth

  31 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers:   Between The Way Things Were And What They Might Become   As I write this edition of “Healthcare Musings,” the Senate trial of President Trump stumbles toward its conclusion. It is difficult for me to accept...