by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 17, 2022 | antiracism, Biases, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Donald Trump's Reluctance to accept the outcome of the election, Equity, Featured Post, George Saunders, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Hearings of House Committee on January 6, Ibram X. Kendi, Inequality in Healthcare, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Juneteenth, Linda Villarosa, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass shootings as an epidemic, Public Health, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Racism in America, Roe v. Wade, Social Determinants of Health, structural racism in medicine, The 1619 Project
June 17, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About About Race And Healthcare Disparities A good friend here in New London was a successful Hollywood screenwriter. In retirement, he enjoys substitute teaching at our local middle school where he also...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 3, 2022 | Biden's Advocacy For Gun Control Legislation, Critical Race Theory, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Dr. Steven Schroeder, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Healthcare equity, Life Expectancy, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty and healthcare, Robert Potter, Social Determinants of Health, Southern Baptist sex abuse scandal
June 3, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, More Problems Than Power In The Search For Solutions In A Divided Land In 2007, a few months before I became the CEO of Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Dr. Steven Schroeder’s “Shattuck Lecture”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 20, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Authoritarianism, COVID, Critical Race Theory, Don Berwick, Ezra Klein, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, healthcare disparities, Healthcare equity, Illiberalism, Inequality in Healthcare, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Martin Luther King Jr, Mass Shooting in Buffalo, Polarization in America, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Replacement Theory
May 20, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, IIliberalism And The Future Of Healthcare It is easy to get lost in the despair of the moment. My newspapers and TV commentators tell me more than I want to know about mass shootings in Buffalo and Southern...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 13, 2022 | 1968, 2022 midterm elections, Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Black Power, COVID, Economic inequality, Eric Holder, Featured Post, healthcare disparities, Martin Luther King Jr, Poverty, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Republican efforts to limit voting rights, Social Determinants of Health, The threat to women's reproductive rights, The Voting Rights Act of 1965
May 13, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, How Hope Can Endure In Difficult Times If you were a young African American in the early sixties, you were in the midst of a noble struggle meant to free you from the difficulties and disrespect that your parents and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 6, 2022 | Attacks on Roe v. Wade, Biden's American Families Plan, Brett Kavanaugh, Children in poverty, Consequences of repealing Roe v. Wade, COVID, Economic inequality, healthcare disparities, January 6 attack on the Capitol, Jill Lepore, Justice Barrett, Justice Gorsuch, Martin Luther King Jr, Merrick Garland, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Sister Joan Chittister, Social Determinants of Health, The impact of a conservative majority on the Supreme Court
May 6, 2022 Dear interested Readers, Surprised and Disappointed Again in Strange Times It’s been another tough week in Ukraine, especially in Mariupol, and not so pleasant here. It has been a week with at least one huge surprise. I can remember halcyon...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 18, 2022 | A story from my life, ACA, Atrius Health, compensation, Continuous Improvement, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Lean, Martin Luther King Jr, Massachusetts Health Policy Commision, Polarization in America, Process Improvement, team based care, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, transformational change, Value Based Reimbursement
February 18, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Musings on an Anniversary I published my first “Friday letter” on February 22, 2008. It was the last day of my first week on the job as the Interim CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Atrius...
