Words of Wisdom From Tom and Dennis

Words of Wisdom From Tom and Dennis

by | Apr 28, 2020 | coronavirus, Dennis Ross, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Middle East Issues and COVID-19, Pandemic Management, political polarization, Presidential Politics, Tom Friedman, VUCA

  Over the past six weeks VUCA, the acronym for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, has passed through my mind on countless occasions as I tried to think about how unexpectedly, rapidly, definitely, and devastatingly the world had changed. Almost as...
Healthcare Musings For April 24, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 24, 2020

by | Apr 24, 2020 | C-19, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Quality Chasm, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access

  April 24, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   A Fear Of Slip Slidin’ Away    The changing character of the native population, brought about through unremarked pressures on porous borders; the creation of an increasingly unwieldy and rigid bureaucracy,...
Now And When

Now And When

by | Apr 21, 2020 | Atul Gawande, C-19, chronic disease management, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Pandemic Management, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19

  Perhaps the most satisfying part of writing is hearing from you. This week I was delighted to hear from two people for whom I have great respect and some past history. One letter was a discussion of what faces us now; how and when to move toward more normal...
Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 17, 2020

by | Apr 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Covid-19, Featured Post, Finding Wisdom and Strength In the Arts, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Mary Oliver, Pandemic Management, President Trump, The World After COVID-19

  April 17, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   It’s Getting Old Already, Let’s Find Ways To Persist   I’m giving up the idea of offering analysis about President Trump’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is some debate about whether Abraham...
Looking Beyond the Expectation of “…the hardest, saddest week…”

Looking Beyond the Expectation of “…the hardest, saddest week…”

by | Apr 7, 2020 | Communitarianism, Community Action Agencies, coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Empathy, Featured Post, Presidential Politics, Surgeon General Jerome Adams, The World After COVID-19, Who Is My Neighbor?

  Sunday is a busy day for me now as we practice social distancing. I attend church online and then watch CBS Sunday Morning followed by the NBC, CBS, and ABC Sunday morning political reviews. I can not force myself to watch Fox News Sunday where Surgeon General...
Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2020

by | Apr 3, 2020 | Communitarianism, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Empathy, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Jill Lepore, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health

  April 3, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Acute Presentation Of A Chronic Problem   In less than a month after I finished my every other night on call schedule as an intern at the old Peter Bent  Brigham Hospital and began to enjoy the luxury of...