Healthcare Musings For September 27, 2024

Healthcare Musings For September 27, 2024

September 27, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Exploring The Structural Determinants of Health   When I became a healthcare CEO in February 2008, I was more focused on what happened within our organization and our relationships with our affiliated hospitals...
Healthcare Musings For December 9, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 9, 2022

December 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Political Determinants of Health   The 2022 election season is over! At least we thought it was over before Kyrsten Sinema announced that she was leaving the Democratic Party to become an Independent. It does seem...
Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

Healthcare Musings For December 2, 2022

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,...
Healthcare Musings For October 14, 2022

Healthcare Musings For October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Looking Back For Guidance Going Forward   I am probably like a lot of Democrats who can remember the enthusiasm with which we once embraced heroes like JFK, RFK, Gene McCarthy, and even Jimmy Carter and Bill...
Healthcare Musings For April 22, 2022

Healthcare Musings For April 22, 2022

April 22, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Remember the Alamo! Remember Azvostal! Remember The Triple Aim!   I became an enthusiastic student of history in the seventh grade. By the eighth grade, I received the DAR medal for being the best student in American...
Healthcare Musings For March 25, 2022

Healthcare Musings For March 25, 2022

  March 25, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   To Live in Challenging Times   My goal for this week’s letter was to shift back to writing more directly about healthcare. Despite my plans, I found it hard to completely ignore the Senate hearings on the...