Healthcare Musings For July 28, 2023

Healthcare Musings For July 28, 2023

July 28, 2023  Dear Interested Readers,   The Beginning of My Journey    Last week’s letter precipitated some interesting responses. Several people said they enjoyed reading about my personal experiences. One individual went so far as to say that he liked...
Healthcare Musings For August 27, 2021

Healthcare Musings For August 27, 2021

  August 27, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Structural Racism In Medicine   On Monday I found the August 26 edition of The New England Journal in my mail. As usual, I read the table of contents while standing in the post office in front of my mailbox....
A Strategy That Always Works

A Strategy That Always Works

  Last Friday’s letter was an attempt to begin to explore the relationships between what we chose to do and how we are compensated. I spent a long time backing into this difficult subject by going all the way back to 1965 and trying to draw some wisdom from my...
Healthcare Musings For April 16, 2021

Healthcare Musings For April 16, 2021

  April 16, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   How We Get Paid Makes A Difference In What We Do   Over the years I have probably used one quote from Dr. Robert Ebert in these notes more than any other idea, quote, or concept from any other source. Even if...
A Fierce Urgency: What Are We Going To Do About Racism In Healthcare?

A Fierce Urgency: What Are We Going To Do About Racism In Healthcare?

  In August 2019, long before we were challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic The New York Times Magazine published “The 1619 Project.” We live in a time where race and the impact of our history of slavery, the era of Jim Crow, and the continuing struggle for social...