Healthcare Musings For November 25, 2022

Healthcare Musings For November 25, 2022

November 25, 202 Dear Interested Readers,   In Memoriam J.L.D.   Oh yet we trust that somehow good will be the final goal of ill!   Alfred Lord Tennyson worked for seventeen years to produce his very famous poem “In Memorium A.H.H.” which...
Healthcare Musings For November 4, 2022

Healthcare Musings For November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   The Election Next Tuesday Will Impact The Future of Our Democracy and Our Collective Health. No Matter the Outcome, What Will Follow Is Up To Us.   Next Tuesday is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in...
Healthcare Musings For July 15, 2022

Healthcare Musings For July 15, 2022

July 15, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Thoughts on Dualism, The “War of Attrition” in Ukraine, Inequality In Value-Based Reimbursement, and Inherent Biases in Medicine.    From time to time when I am thinking about all the human misery in the world that is...
Healthcare Musings For April 29, 2022

Healthcare Musings For April 29, 2022

  April 29, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Is Healthcare Enlightened Now or Suffering From Postmodern Cynicism and Burnout?   About five years ago, I was delighted to get the good news from Stephen Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard, that the...
Healthcare Musings For March 25, 2022

Healthcare Musings For March 25, 2022

  March 25, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   To Live in Challenging Times   My goal for this week’s letter was to shift back to writing more directly about healthcare. Despite my plans, I found it hard to completely ignore the Senate hearings on the...
Healthcare Musings For February 18, 2022

Healthcare Musings For February 18, 2022

February 18, 2022   Dear Interested Readers,   Musings on an Anniversary   I published my first “Friday letter” on February 22, 2008. It was the last day of my first week on the job as the Interim CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Atrius...