Healthcare Musings For August 23, 2024

Healthcare Musings For August 23, 2024

August 23, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Have We Lost The Trust Of Our Patients?   Everyone complains about healthcare. I know that I do. My access to healthcare is probably better than for most Americans, but I still find that there are barriers to the...
Healthcare Musings For August 16, 2024

Healthcare Musings For August 16, 2024

August 16, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Our Professional Challenges Are Mounting   Have you read the Hippocratic Oath? At about 2500 years old, it is a bit out of date, sort of long, probably not written by Hippocrates, and refers to gods that no longer...
Healthcare Musings For June 14, 2024

Healthcare Musings For June 14, 2024

June 14, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Reflections On This Moment In Healthcare   When I began to write these Friday letters sixteen years ago in mid-February 2008,  it was much easier than my task now. All I needed to do then to discover plenty to write...
Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 8, 2024

March 8, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   A Better Understanding of Moral Injury   My long journey this year exploring the origins of my medical-moral sensibilities was inspired by an article that first appeared in the Sunday New York Times Magazine last June...
Healthcare Musings For August 4, 2023

Healthcare Musings For August 4, 2023

August 4, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   The Story Continues   If you have read my last two letters, you know that those letters were autobiographical. I have never resisted tossing events from my life into these notes if my personal story illustrated a...
Healthcare Musings For January 27, 2023

Healthcare Musings For January 27, 2023

January 27, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Financial Troubles, Workforce Concerns, Access Issues, and Concerns For Quality of Care   One of my biggest post-pandemic surprises is that healthcare has moved down, not up, on the cascade of concerns that worry...