by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 6, 2024 | A personal history, Access, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atrius Health, Boston Medical Center, Chat GPT, concierge care, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Guthrie Clinic, Healthcare in Rural America, medical care in small-town America, Republican Platform for 2024, Social Determinants of Health, Steward Health Care, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
6 September 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Healthcare Challenges In Small-town and Rural America Are Coming To The City If you live in rural America, a small town, or in a less desirable neighborhood in America, your access to primary care, your...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 14, 2024 | A personal history, AI in healthcare, Atrius Health, Computers In Healthcare, Consolidation in healthcare, Dartmouth Health, Epic, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Judy Faulkner, Lean, Mergers and Acquisitions, Optum Health, patient centered care, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim, UnitedHealtcare
June 14, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections On This Moment In Healthcare When I began to write these Friday letters sixteen years ago in mid-February 2008, it was much easier than my task now. All I needed to do then to discover plenty to write...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Dartmouth Health, eclipse of the sun, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Path of Totality, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 22, 2024 | A personal history, Access, America's dependence on foreign medical graduates, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, denials of payments, Dr.Kevin McGuire, Featured Post, Moral Injury, Nursing Shortages, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 22, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, The Shortest Friday Letter Ever As directed, my wife and I arrived at 9:15 at the Dartmouth same-day surgical unit last Monday. The process was very smooth. I was given a hospital gown, little booties, and a paper...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 8, 2024 | A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Eyal Press, Featured Post, Global Warming, Joy in Practice, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Moral Injury, patient centered care, professional fulfillment, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Better Understanding of Moral Injury My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 1, 2024 | A personal history, ACOs, Atrius Health, Beth Israel Deconess Medcal Center, Brigham and Women's, CMMI, Co-opetition, Competition, Continuous Improvement, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Anita Ung, Dr. Joe Kimura, Dr. Kate Koplan, Dr. Rick Lopez, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Innovation in Healthcare, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Pioneer ACO, Quality, The Care Experience, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Waste in healthcare
March 1, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Quality Defined Us I have gained a new perspective on how to structure what remains of the story of the development of my medical-moral sensibilities. The story up till now has been mostly delivered in chronological...
