by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 28, 2020 | coronavirus, Dennis Ross, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Featured Post, Middle East Issues and COVID-19, Pandemic Management, political polarization, Presidential Politics, Tom Friedman, VUCA
Over the past six weeks VUCA, the acronym for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, has passed through my mind on countless occasions as I tried to think about how unexpectedly, rapidly, definitely, and devastatingly the world had changed. Almost as...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 24, 2020 | C-19, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Quality Chasm, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
April 24, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, A Fear Of Slip Slidin’ Away The changing character of the native population, brought about through unremarked pressures on porous borders; the creation of an increasingly unwieldy and rigid bureaucracy,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 21, 2020 | Atul Gawande, C-19, chronic disease management, coronavirus, Covid-19, diseases of despair, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Pandemic Management, the difficulties of change, The World After COVID-19
Perhaps the most satisfying part of writing is hearing from you. This week I was delighted to hear from two people for whom I have great respect and some past history. One letter was a discussion of what faces us now; how and when to move toward more normal...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Covid-19, Featured Post, Finding Wisdom and Strength In the Arts, Honoring Caregivers in the Fight Against COVID-19, Mary Oliver, Pandemic Management, President Trump, The World After COVID-19
April 17, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Getting Old Already, Let’s Find Ways To Persist I’m giving up the idea of offering analysis about President Trump’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is some debate about whether Abraham...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 14, 2020 | Covid-19, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Economic Implications of COVID-19, Pandemic Management, Paul Romer
We have been warned that the world we knew on March 12 will never return. One hears that when the pandemic ends that there will be a “new normal.” There have been many who have tried to imagine what our world will be like when we step out into the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 3, 2020 | Communitarianism, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, Empathy, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Jill Lepore, Pandemic Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health
April 3, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, The Acute Presentation Of A Chronic Problem In less than a month after I finished my every other night on call schedule as an intern at the old Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and began to enjoy the luxury of...