by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 31, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, Lean
31 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Whataboutism, Pivoting, Economic Injustice, and Healthcare Lately I have been asking people in my circle of acquaintances what they think about “whataboutism.” I have gotten many blank stares which indicates to me that some...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 21, 2018 | Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Leadership, The Triple Aim
There are probably more books on leadership than another subject in the business section of your favorite book store. I do not have facts to prove that but I can refer you to a Forbes article from 2015 listing 12 books that every “enterprising individual” should read...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 7, 2018 | Burnout, compensation, Featured Post, Moral Injury, patient centered care, Payment Models, The Triple Aim
What floats your boat and moves it? Perhaps that is a crude way of asking about both where your values arise and what motivates you. For some reason whenever issues of either values or motivation become the subject, I think of my experience as a Boy Scout. I sometimes...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 27, 2018 | Costs, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Policy, law of inverse care, Leadership
27 July 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Another Obit and Another Perspective I am a regular reader of the “Perspectives” section of the New England Journal of Medicine. I can count on the fact that week after week I will get an excellent return on the time I invest in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Politics, Poverty and healthcare, Presidential Politics
6 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Welcome to The New “Healthcare Musings” Friday Letter! If you are reading these words you have made a transition! I talk alot about change. I know that whether I like it or not most things around me, and most...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 19, 2018 | Burnout, Featured Post, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Joy in Practice, Practice Improvement, Quadruple Aim, The Triple Aim
Over the years I have had some strange dreams. In one recurrent dream I am back in high school playing football. It is not like the old days when I was an All Star. Despite the fact that I feel that I am at least as good as the other guys, even though I am in my...