A Fierce Urgency: What Are We Going To Do About Racism In Healthcare?

A Fierce Urgency: What Are We Going To Do About Racism In Healthcare?

  In August 2019, long before we were challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic The New York Times Magazine published “The 1619 Project.” We live in a time where race and the impact of our history of slavery, the era of Jim Crow, and the continuing struggle for social...
Healthcare Musings For January 15, 2021

Healthcare Musings For January 15, 2021

  January 15, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking About Abraham, Martin, and John   As dark and disturbing as the last week has been, we have seen darker and more disturbing days. As I was thinking about the fact that today would be Martin Luther...
The Wait Is Over

The Wait Is Over

  Almost 100 million votes have been cast before election day. We are told that the turnout for this election will be huge. We are also told that Republicans know that anything that reduces turnout increases their chances of winning. I am OK with their enjoyment...
Healthcare Musings For August 21, 2020

Healthcare Musings For August 21, 2020

  August 21, 2020 Dear Interested Readers.   What A Week!   The post on Tuesday reviewed the first night of the Democratic Convention. The high point of the evening was the speech by Michelle Obama. Some of the commentators I heard suggested that it was...
A Week Of Loss, A Time For Remembrance And Dedication

A Week Of Loss, A Time For Remembrance And Dedication

  In the week immediately following their deaths on the same day, it would be hard to write a post in the age of Black Lives Matter and our increasing awareness of the role of white privilege and economic inequality in the persistence of healthcare disparities...
We Can Revive the Better Instincts of Our Nature As We Face Our Current Challenges

We Can Revive the Better Instincts of Our Nature As We Face Our Current Challenges

  It feels like we have had a lifetime’s measure of challenging events in the last four months, but it seems much too early to know how things will be different when the “new normal” really arrives. The descriptors of this moment are volatility,...