by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 9, 2023 | Chat GPT, COVID, Featured Post, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Medicaid work requirements, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Debt Ceiling Crisis
June 9, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, We Avoided A Disaster I was virtually holding my breath until President Biden signed the compromise bill that lifted the debt ceiling until January 2025 which puts it after the next presidential election. It is my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2023 | AI in healthcare, Biases, Chat GPT, Dr. Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health
April 21, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, My First Encounter With Chat GPT: I Welcome the Use of AI in Medicine. When I joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1975 I was well aware of the fact that I was joining an active experiment that was...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 10, 2023 | A story from my life, Adaptive Change, Atrium Health, Consolidation in healthcare, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Health in America, Healthcare in Rural America, improving the delivery of care, Medical Professionalism, Primary Care, the difficulties of change, Wisconsin Health Atlas
March 10, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Musing About How Things Have Changed and Hopefully Will Continue To Change My wife and I have just returned from a trip to my mother’s hometown in North Carolina where I spent many happy summer days as a child. Our trip...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 2, 2022 | A story from my life, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Featured Post, improving the delivery of care, Improving the health of the poor, patient centered care, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
December 2, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, The Long Good Bye To Joe The response to my letter last week about the life of service that Dr. Joseph Dorsey lived was remarkable. Four of those responses came through the comments function of the newsletter,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 25, 2022 | A story from my life, Cardinal Cushing, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Richard Rohr, Social Determinants of Health, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life
November 25, 202 Dear Interested Readers, In Memoriam J.L.D. Oh yet we trust that somehow good will be the final goal of ill! Alfred Lord Tennyson worked for seventeen years to produce his very famous poem “In Memorium A.H.H.” which...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Rethinking How We Deliver Care In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...