A Closer Look At Our Attitudes About Universal Coverage
After last Friday’s missive had been up on the Internet for a little while, I got a question from an interested reader who lives nearby and frequently walks with me. He wrote: Gene, Do I know the person you walked with? Peter’s video is amazing....
Chronic Disease Management and the Challenges of Impending Workforce Shortages
The header for today’s post is a picture of a couple, both in their nineties, who are patiently waiting for a doctor’s appointment. I know a lot about this couple. They are my parents. They were in the vanguard of a growing movement, seniors living into their...
Pondering What the Future Might Hold: Part II
One of the things that my wife and I have enjoyed in retirement is our subscription to the Lesley University/WGBH Boston Symphony Hall Speaker Series. Once a month through the fall and winter we enjoy a great evening in Boston. We go to dinner with friends...
Healthcare Musings For 25 October 2019
25 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering What the Future Might Hold My last letter to my colleagues at Atrius Health was published on October 25, 2013. In that letter I reviewed what I thought some of the challenges of the future would...
The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”
I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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