by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 11, 2026 | A personal history, access issues for those with access, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Gloria Steinem, Healthcare in Rural America, my wife's CVA, New London Hospital, patient centered care, Remembering 9/11, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Timeliness as a component of quality
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 3, 2026 | A personal history, Atrius Health, Burnout, concierge care, Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Iran War, Ken Paulus, Moral Injury, Primary Care Challenges, private equity purchases in healthcare, Professional PTSD, The Triple Aim, Thomas Friedman, Wicked Problems
April 3, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Moral Injury and Burnout: Different, But Both Challenge The Future Of Healthcare In 2005, I was 60 years old and beginning to think about when I might retire. I was very busy practicing full-time in the outpatient...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 27, 2026 | Corporatization of U.S. Healthcare, Crossing the Quality Chasm, David Brooks, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, hospital closings in rural America, Iran War, Jamelle Bouie, narcissistic sociopath, New England Journal of Medicine, Politics and Healthcare, President Trump, private equity purchases in healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The future of healthcare under Trump, The Triple Aim, VUCA
March 27, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Private Equity in Healthcare Is the Wrong Road to High-Quality, Universal, Equitable, Affordable, and Sustainable Healthcare. I must remind myself every week that the intended purpose of this weekly letter is to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 20, 2026 | 2026 mid term elections, a personal testimony, A. E. Housman, ACA market subsidies, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Iran War, Peter Baker, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Trump's anger
March 20, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Healthcare In The Midst of the President’s Chaos and Anger As a White House correspondent for the New York Times since 2008, and for 20 years before that for the Washington Post, Peter Baker has been a close...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 12, 2025 | A personal history, ACA market subsidies, ACOs, Continuous Improvement, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Lean, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, Professor Zack Cooper
December 12, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, I Am Trying to Develop a Little Hope Now and then, I get an unexpected email response to one of these letters. This week, I got one of those surprises in an email from a longtime reader. He wrote: Have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 18, 2025 | 2026 mid term elections, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Alan Garber, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, political determinants of health, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Structural Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Thomas Friedman, Trump's attempts to extort universities, Trump's first 88 days
April 18, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Everything Is Connected, Uncertain, and Likely to Get Worse The last thirty years have convinced me that healthcare, political issues, controversial social issues, and economics are connected in ways that can’t be...
