Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

Do We Stand In The Doorway Of A Better World?

  I have been trying unsuccessfully to give some attention to something other than the rising number of victims of the coronavirus. I analyze the progression of my intellectual and emotional responses to COVID-19 along a timeline that runs along the same track of...
Healthcare Musings For February 14, 2020

Healthcare Musings For February 14, 2020

  February 14, 2020  Dear Interested Readers,   Charity, Empathy, and Equity, How Are They Related?   Before launching into the main thoughts of this letter, let me clarify some of my sharp comments about Florida. One of my family members, a Floridian,...
Healthcare Musings For 17 January 2020

Healthcare Musings For 17 January 2020

  17 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Power and Importance To Healthcare Of Dr. King’s “Letter From A Birmingham Jail”   Why are black people sicker, and why do they die earlier, than other racial groups? Many factors likely...
The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”

The Challenge Is Still To Deliver on “These Truths”

  I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...
Healthcare Musings For 11 October 2019

Healthcare Musings For 11 October 2019

11 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers,   Where Would You Start?   When I listen to politicians talk, at least the ones running for president, the health care problems they are interested in solving are mostly limited to how we achieve universal access and...
Cosgrove and Shore on Expanding Boundaries and Leading Change 

Cosgrove and Shore on Expanding Boundaries and Leading Change 

  Last Friday’s Healthcare Musings began: At four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon I was sitting at a table in the ballroom of the Boston Seaport Hotel at the 6th ATLAS (Annual Thought Leadership Symposium). This year’s conference title was “Expanding Boundaries....