Understanding How the Amazing Success of the 9.9 Percent is a Risk to Better Healthcare for Everyone

Understanding How the Amazing Success of the 9.9 Percent is a Risk to Better Healthcare for Everyone

by | Jun 5, 2018 | Economic inequality, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, metitocracy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

I saw aristocracy up close at Harvard Medical School. I quickly realized that some of my classmates were from families that were either power brokers in New York or Washington, or were the elite of American medicine. I discerned that I had been slotted into the class...
Are We Cultivating the New Generation of Leaders in Healthcare That We Need?

Are We Cultivating the New Generation of Leaders in Healthcare That We Need?

by | Mar 6, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim

Over four years into retirement I frequently wonder what opportunities, if any, do I still have to make a contribution. I reexamined that question recently as I was patting myself on the back for writing my weekly letter, now called “Healthcare Musings,” for ten...

Beyond Silver Bullets: Embracing Era 3 of Healthcare

by | Feb 13, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Healthcare Transformation, Improving the health of the poor, Lean, patient centered care, Population Health Management, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

Zeev Neuwirth, Senior Medical Director of Population Health at Carolinas Healthcare System Medical Group, and an old friend and former colleague, launched a weekly podcast last August entitled, Creating a New Healthcare. I love the recurrent introduction that  Zeev...