by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2020 | Atul Gawande, C-19, chronic disease management, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Pandemic Management, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19
Perhaps the most satisfying part of writing is hearing from you. This week I was delighted to hear from two people for whom I have great respect and some past history. One letter was a discussion of what faces us now; how and when to move toward more normal...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 3, 2020 | Communitarianism, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Empathy, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Jill Lepore, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health
April 3, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Acute Presentation Of A Chronic Problem In less than a month after I finished my every other night on call schedule as an intern at the old Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and began to enjoy the luxury of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 31, 2020 | Continuous Improvement, coronavirus, Covid-19, David Brooks, David Leonhardt, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, Polarization in America, Social Determinants of Health, The World After COVID-19, Zeev Neuwirth
I have been trying unsuccessfully to give some attention to something other than the rising number of victims of the coronavirus. I analyze the progression of my intellectual and emotional responses to COVID-19 along a timeline that runs along the same track of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 10, 2020 | connectedness, Covid-19, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, narcissism, President Trump, the stock market, Who Is My Neighbor?
It has been another bizarre week. During times like this in the past, for example during the “dot com” bust of 2000, I might have just shrugged my shoulders and uttered a small prayer asking for personal protection before returning to more important...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 6, 2020 | "If--" by Rudyard Kipling, 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Bernie Sanders, Covid-19, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Joe Biden, Medicare For All, Public Option
March 6, 2020 Dear Interested Reader, What’s Next ? February was a terrible month. Not only were we dazed and confused by the explosion of the coronavirus, or if prefer, Covid-19, followed by the collapse of the stock market, but the Red Sox...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 28, 2020 | ACA, coronavirus, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Innovation in Healthcare, Nursing Shortages, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Stock Market, The 2020 elections, VUCA
February 28, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Unexpected Events And Uncertainty in a VUCA World It has happened again. This last week was one where events seemed to suddenly converge on us to remind us of an important reality, change is a constant in...