Speculating On The Implications of Our Latest October Surprise

Speculating On The Implications of Our Latest October Surprise

  A prelude written after reflecting on this this post   I doubt that there is any information in this letter that will be news to you. My guess is that everyone who might read this letter is aware of the events and issues that it covers. These days we all...
Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

  I was on a socially distanced walk with my seventeen year old granddaughter this week, and we were talking about how quickly and unexpectedly life has changed. She and her parents usually come every summer for a quick visit. They fly into Logan Airport on a...
The  Persistent Healthcare Problems of Rural America

The Persistent Healthcare Problems of Rural America

In healthcare there is disappointing truth in the old saw, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” It is paradoxically true that things are changing all the time. I observe that it is often true that in reference to a particular subject or problem...