by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 5, 2021 | 2022 midterm elections, Ageism, Biases, COVID, Critical Race Theory, culture wars, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Joe Biden, Maid by Stephanie Land, Opioid Epidemic, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Racism in America, Ray Suarez, Social Determinants of Health, Virginia race for governor
November 5, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Have You Ever Been Broke? The newspapers are pointing out what a difference a year makes. According to the speculations in an article by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns published in the New York Times on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 29, 2021 | Continuous Improvement, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Culture, diseases of despair, Emerging from the pandemic, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Nicholas Kristof, Public Health, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, The de emphasis of public health, The Triple Aim, Universal Access
October 29, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, What COVID Has Revealed To Us I have seen several articles that attempt to tell us what COVID has revealed to us about the inequities and inadequacies in our system of care. My guess is that you have also...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 8, 2021 | Critical Race Theory, Dean Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Inequality in Healthcare, Matthew Desmond, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, Public Health, Racism in America, racist policy v. racism, Slavery's Capitalism, Social Determinants of Health, The 1619 Project
October 8, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Reflections on Failed Good Intentions And Inequality My fiftieth-anniversary medical school reunion was this past June. COVID turned it into an online event. I understood the necessity, but it was a disappointment...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 3, 2021 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Atul Gawande, Costa Rica's remarkable healthcare system, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, maternal and infant mortality, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, The Triple Aim, We have neglected the importance of public health.
September 3, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Gawande Delivers Again I have my healthcare heroes. Most of them like Robert Pearl, Elisabeth Rosenthal, and Zeke Emanuel, I don’t know personally. I just know and appreciate their articles, editorials,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 27, 2021 | antiracism, Biases, Equity, Featured Post, Harvard Medical School, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, intersectionality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The American Families Act, W. E. B. Du Bois
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....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 13, 2021 | Critical Race Theory, Economic inequality, Global Warming, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Healthcare Outcomes, How To Be An Antiracist, Ibram X.Kendi, Inequality, intersectionality, Life Expectancy, Population Health, Poverty, Racial Inequality, Racism in America, Social Determinants of Health
August 13, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Going Deeper Into What Could Be If you have been a regular reader of these notes for at least a year you know that from time to time I find inspiration in the writing and songs of my youngest son. When he...
