by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 5, 2024 | 2024 elections, Activism in Healthcare, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Martin Luther King Jr, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Universal Basic Income, Where Do We Go From Here?
April 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, What Dr. King’s Experience Might Suggest About Improving Healthcare April 4, 1968, seems a lifetime ago, and yet I remember it more clearly than most days of the last year. If you had asked me where Dr. King was, I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 8, 2023 | A story from my life, ACA, Carol Emmott, Charlie Baker, Dying Broke, Dylan Scott, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Health in America, Ken Paulus, Life Expectancy in America, Saving Democracy, Social Determinants of Health, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, Trump's campaign statements, war in Ukraine
December 8, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Random Thoughts In Response To Our Collective Angst Things could get much worse, but the question in my mind is whether or not they will get better. Before launching into my complaints and concerns, I should own...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 9, 2023 | Chat GPT, COVID, Featured Post, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Medicaid work requirements, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Debt Ceiling Crisis
June 9, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, We Avoided A Disaster I was virtually holding my breath until President Biden signed the compromise bill that lifted the debt ceiling until January 2025 which puts it after the next presidential election. It is my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2023 | AI in healthcare, Biases, Chat GPT, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health
April 21, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, My First Encounter With Chat GPT: I Welcome the Use of AI in Medicine. When I joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1975 I was well aware of the fact that I was joining an active experiment that was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 10, 2023 | 2024 elections, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Elizabeth Warren, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Life Expectancy, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's war in Ukraine, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Social Determinants of Health, State of the Union Address, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The New Hampshire presidential primary
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
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...