Unprecedented, Like Nothing We Have Seen Before

Unprecedented, Like Nothing We Have Seen Before

  As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the Oxford Languages “word of the year” for 2020 was “pandemic.” There was so much change in our language usage in 2020 related to the COVID experience that Oxford Languages which is the parent organization of the Oxford English...
Healthcare Musings For January 8, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 8, 2021

  January 8, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   I Am Trying To Hold On For Twelve More Days While Everything Seems To Be Spinning Out of Control     Do you remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard that John Kennedy had been shot...
Goodbye 2020! Did We Learn Anything?

Goodbye 2020! Did We Learn Anything?

  Never before have I been happier to see a year finally end. 2020 was a traumatic experience. For many years, the humorist Dave Barry has been writing a column at the end of the year that summarizes the past events of the year lest we forget them. This year’s...
Healthcare Musings For December 25, 2020

Healthcare Musings For December 25, 2020

  December 25, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Peace, Hope, Love, Joy?   Christmas has been on a Friday only twice since I began writing these notes back in February 2008. I decided to dust off “Volume I,” letters that were written between February 22,...
Looking For a Strategy For Progress While Waiting and Weighing the Chances

Looking For a Strategy For Progress While Waiting and Weighing the Chances

  I have had the feeling, and I know that it has been shared by many of you, that 2020 was the most difficult year that I can remember. Against that universal feeling, or perhaps because of it, The Washington Post published an editorial last week entitled “20...
Healthcare Musings For December 18, 2020

Healthcare Musings For December 18, 2020

  December 18, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   More Musing About What’s Next   Last night I had the unique opportunity to hear Susan Rice speak at a virtual presentation of the Boston Speakers Series. She has an impressive resume and a very interesting...