by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 16, 2024 | Abortion, burnout and professional fulfillment, Declaration of Geneva, Denver Health, Dr. Patty Gabow, employed physicians, Featured Post, First Amendment implications for medical practice, Future of Heathcare, Hippocratic Oath, legal restrictions on medical practice, medical oaths, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, patient centered care, professional responsibilities in conflict with personal beliefs
August 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Our Professional Challenges Are Mounting Have you read the Hippocratic Oath? At about 2500 years old, it is a bit out of date, sort of long, probably not written by Hippocrates, and refers to gods that no longer...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 2, 2024 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Abortion, Bernie Sanders, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare equity, march-in-rights, Martin Luther King Jr, Medicare For All, Politics and Healthcare, The 2024 Presidential Election, the Harris campaign for president
August 2, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, What Would Kamala Harris Do For Healthcare If Elected? For almost two weeks now newspapers, podcasts, and television commentators have been busy trying to present Kamala Harris to many potential voters, especially...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 19, 2024 | 2024 elections, Attempt Assassination of Donald Trump, Authoritarianism, Christian Nationalism, Concerns about Biden's fitness for office, Democracy on the Ballot, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, J.D. Vance, Politics and Healthcare, Project 2025, Republican National Convention, Republican Platform for 2024, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
July 19, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, It Has Been A Very Strange Week We never know what unexpected event the next day or even the next hour might bring to us. What were you doing late last Saturday afternoon while Biden was in a contentious meeting...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 24, 2024 | ACA, Administrative Burden, AI in healthcare, Burnout, Consolidation in healthcare, Diversity, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Featured Post, Financial challenges of primary care., Future of Heathcare, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Moral Injury, Polarization in America, private equity purchases in healthcare, The Commonwealth Fund, The Triple Aim, workforce issues
May 24, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Conversation That Gives Us Guidance Regular readers of these notes know that I have high regard for the Commonwealth Fund. I quote their articles frequently. I am grateful that in the sixties Dr. Ebert won...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 10, 2024 | A personal history, Conflict in Gaza, Critical thinking, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Hamas, Harvard "Strike" 1969, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, The 2024 Presidential Election, Tom Friedman
May 10, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Flash Back To Tense Times The biggest stories in the news over the past few weeks have been Donald Trump’s trial in New York, the continuing efforts to end the war in Gaza, and the police reactions to the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 3, 2024 | Christian Nationalism, CommonHealth, Continuous Improvement, Creative Destruction, Depression, Disruptive Innovation, Dr. Paul Batalden, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Innovation in Healthcare, Martha Bebinger, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
May 3, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Improving Healthcare Will Require Courage Protestant ministers of my father’s era would frequently focus their sermons on the promise of John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten...
