by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 8, 2024 | A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Eyal Press, Featured Post, Global Warming, Joy in Practice, Medical-Moral Sensibilities, Moral Injury, patient centered care, professional fulfillment, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Better Understanding of Moral Injury My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 2, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Featured Post, Global Warming, Groundhog Day/film, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Lean, Politics and Healthcare, Proposal for a new Federal Healthcare Board, Simpler, Social Determinants of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, The Triple Aim, Tom Daschle, Wicked Problems, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
February 2, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Is Healthcare Trapped In Its Own Groundhog Day Cycle? My local newspaper has become a fertile field of thought and ideas for me. Last Monday, The Valley News, my local paper, had a front-page article that...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 26, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, Atrius Health, diseases of despair, Dr. Gary Kaplan, Dr. John Toussaint, Dr. Joseph Betancourt, Dr. Patty Gabow, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, LEAD, Lean, microsystems, New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Nicholas Kristof, Simpler, Six Sigma, Strategy, The Commonwealth Fund, The LEAD project of Blue Cross, The Triple Aim, TQM, Zeev Neuwirth
January 26, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Some Recent Articles of Interest Finally, the New Hampshire Presidential Primary is over. I am relieved. Perhaps through the rest of the winter, as well as spring and summer, we will be free from the robocalls...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 19, 2024 | A personal history, Charles Kenney, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Featured Post, Global Warming, Life Expectancy in America, Massachusetts Blue Cross, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The Best Practice: How The New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine, The LEAD project of Blue Cross, The moral sensibilities of medical practice, The New Hampshire Primary, the plight of small town newspapers, The Valley News, TQM, transformational change
January 19, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, An Interesting Article In My Local Newspaper Small-town newspapers are a dying public resource. A recent report from the PBS News Hour begins: Over the past few decades, more than 2,000 newspapers across...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 12, 2024 | "I Have A Dream" speach, A personal history, Alternative Quality Contract, Atrius Health, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, I have been to the mountaintop speech, Martin Luther King Jr, Moral Injury, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The LEAD project of Blue Cross
January 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Uncommon Greatness–Remembered Monday, January 15, is the birthday of Dr. King. This is a rare year because the national holiday that honors his contributions to all of humankind falls on his birth date in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 5, 2024 | 2024 elections, A story from my life, Conflict in Gaza, democracy versus illiberalism, election scenarios, Featured Post, Global Warming, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, Nikki Haley, Putin's war in Ukraine, Social Determinants of Health, The New Hampshire presidential primary
January 5, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, A Surprising Event At The Beginning of a Pivotal Year I have observed presidential campaigns for a long time. I well remember watching the 1952 presidential nominating conventions on our recently acquired black...
