by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 4, 2021 | Authoritarianism, Biden's Transformation, Climate Crisis, Economic inequality, Essential Workers, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Quadruple Aim, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Wicked Problems
I have a confession. For some time I have had the suspicion that the idea of the Triple Aim does not effectively call many of us or our institutions to immediate action. I hear an occasional doctor or administrator talk about the “Quadruple Aim” and that makes...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 30, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Children in poverty, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, The American Jobs Act, The Triple Aim
April 30, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Joe Hit It out of the Park And on the 99th day, the president returned some grace and wisdom to the office. When I lived in Waco, Texas my dad and I would play a game. He was the pastor of the First...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 27, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, Activism in Healthcare, Children in poverty, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, Joe Knowles, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, The Stockton Experiment with UBI, Universal Basic Income
If you ask yourself what are the origins of healthcare disparities your answer would probably be poor access to healthcare, poor access to healthy food, poor education in underserved communities, low wages, inadequate housing, lack of job opportunities, and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 23, 2021 | Activism in Healthcare, anti-racism, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Children in poverty, Continuous Improvement, Crossing the Quality Chasm, equal justice, Equity, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Healthcare Transformation, Poverty and healthcare, Racism in America, The 1619 Project, The Triple Aim
April 23, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, The Challenge: Recognize What We Have Been. Ask What We Are Willing To Become It would be a mistake to think that the only important or even most important issue of the last fourteen months was the COVID-19...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 20, 2021 | ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Inequality in Healthcare, Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty, Polarization in America, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
Last Friday’s letter was an attempt to begin to explore the relationships between what we chose to do and how we are compensated. I spent a long time backing into this difficult subject by going all the way back to 1965 and trying to draw some wisdom from my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 16, 2021 | Adaptive Change, Build Back Better, Continuous Improvement, Dr. Marshall Wolf, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, The Triple Aim, transformational change, Universal Access, Waste in healthcare
April 16, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, How We Get Paid Makes A Difference In What We Do Over the years I have probably used one quote from Dr. Robert Ebert in these notes more than any other idea, quote, or concept from any other source. Even if...
