by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 3, 2020 | Angus Deaton and Anne Case, Depression, diseases of despair, Empathy, Inequality, Life Expectancy, Primary Care Challenges, Universal Access
3 January 2020 Dear Interested Readers, What Is Our Role In Addressing The Diseases of Despair? In 2015 we were all shocked to learn from the Nobel prize winning work of Angus Deaton of Princeton University and his wife Anne Case, who is also a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 30, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Future of Heathcare, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Life Expectancy, Nutrition as a primary cause of disease and death, The Green New Deal
30 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Our Heads Spin From So Many Things To Consider. Are We Talking About What Really Is Important? I am not sure what to expect in the next round of the Democratic debates. I am very happy that there will be only ten...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 13, 2019 | Big Data, Future of Heathcare, Life Expectancy, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
I was in the last group of interns selected by Dr George Thorn who was the Chief of Medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from 1942 until 1972. I began my internship in Medicine on June 20, 1971. That night I was the admitting intern on the male ward, F Main. I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 31, 2018 | FQHCs, Healthcare Policy, Improving the health of the poor, Life Expectancy, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Recent circumstances have moved me to take a closer look at the importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their important role in the immediate future of the evolution of better care for the underserved populations of our nation. I have the bias that...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 9, 2018 | Economic inequality, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, Life Expectancy, Strategy, The Triple Aim
January is named for the two faced Roman god, Janus. One face looks forward in time, as one looks back assessing what has happened. Most of us adopt a “Janus” posture this time of year. At our holiday gatherings what has happened over the last year is a favorite...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 31, 2017 | Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Dr. Patty Gabow, the retired CEO of Denver Health has recently been making a presentation that begins with a rhetorical question, “Can the American Healthcare System Deliver Health?” Any rhetorical question is designed more to get the audience thinking than to...