Healthcare Musings For February 10, 2022

Healthcare Musings For February 10, 2022

February 10, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   President Biden Had A Lot To Say, And He Said It Well.   I hate to say it, but I have got a feeling that the near-term likelihood of the improvement of the health of America is dependent upon the political future...
Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 16, 2022

September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Rethinking How We Deliver Care   In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
Healthcare Musings For April 29, 2022

Healthcare Musings For April 29, 2022

  April 29, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Is Healthcare Enlightened Now or Suffering From Postmodern Cynicism and Burnout?   About five years ago, I was delighted to get the good news from Stephen Pinker, a professor of psychology at Harvard, that the...
Healthcare Musings For April 15, 2022

Healthcare Musings For April 15, 2022

April 15, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Easter In Ukraine and Loosely Connected Musings About “Disorder” and “Reorder” in Healthcare    As is true for many others, the continuing war in Ukraine has stimulated my fascination with the bravery and willingness...
Healthcare Musings For March 25, 2022

Healthcare Musings For March 25, 2022

  March 25, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   To Live in Challenging Times   My goal for this week’s letter was to shift back to writing more directly about healthcare. Despite my plans, I found it hard to completely ignore the Senate hearings on the...
Healthcare Musings For March 18, 2022

Healthcare Musings For March 18, 2022

March 18, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Trying To Make Some Sense Of A Continuing Senseless Tragedy   There was a brief moment in time almost sixty years ago when I considered changing my college major from chemistry/pre-med to English. I was completely...