Healthcare Musings For April 9, 2021

Healthcare Musings For April 9, 2021

  April 9, 22021 Dear Interested Readers,   Preparing For Transformation   I have been feeling disoriented since the Biden/ Harris inauguration. For four years I had felt vulnerable to the mismanagement and outright inhumanity of a narcissistic wannabe...
Is the Ice Melting On Our Resistance To A Healthier, More Equitable Society?

Is the Ice Melting On Our Resistance To A Healthier, More Equitable Society?

  I will reveal a secret. I frequently don’t have a vision of what will be in these notes until I can decide on the picture in the header for the post. The picture often helps me pull the idea together. If a picture is worth a thousand words, perhaps a good...
Healthcare Musings For April 2, 2021

Healthcare Musings For April 2, 2021

  April 2, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   The President’s Big Bill Addresses The Social Determinants of Health   The president is determined to build back America to be more equitable and productive than it has ever been before. He formally presented...
There Is Always A Better Way!

There Is Always A Better Way!

  I am no medical historian, but I dare say that the history of medicine could be described as a “search for a better way.” Sometimes the search is cheered by the people and supported by entrepreneurs and governments desperate for solutions to threatening...
Healthcare Musings For March 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For March 26, 2021

  March 26, 2021 Dear Interested Reader,   Have We Forgotten That The Cost of Care Is A Problem?   I mention the Triple Aim in many of my posts. In my opinion, the best graphic that presents the concept was created by the Institute For Healthcare...
Healthcare Musings For March 19, 2021

Healthcare Musings For March 19, 2021

  March 19, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   To Discuss The Social Determinants of Health Is To Discuss Poverty   The Kaiser Family Foundation published a paper this week that detailed the impact on the social determinants of health of the 1.9 COVID...