by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 6, 2019 | a personal testimony, Activism in Healthcare, Community Health Workers., Community Needs Assessments, Dartmouth Hitchcock Health, Featured Post, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partnership, Partners For Community Wellness, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life
6 December 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Grass Root Efforts To Address The Social Determinants of Health: Introduction To Partners For Community Wellness David Brooks’ recent best seller, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life was an...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 15, 2019 | a personal testimony, Dean Robert Ebert, Dr Joel Alpert, Dr. Edward Masters, Dr. Hermann Blumgart, Dr. Marshall Wolf, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", Population Health, Primary Care Challenges, Professionalism, The Triple Aim
15 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers, More Thoughts on Professionalism and Primary Care I enjoyed writing last Tuesday about healthcare in Hawaii and the Hawaiian expression of our nationwide problems in primary care staffing. When I write my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 11, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Administrative Burden, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
11 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Where Would You Start? When I listen to politicians talk, at least the ones running for president, the health care problems they are interested in solving are mostly limited to how we achieve universal access and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 13, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Bernie Sanders, Population Health, Public Option, Robert Mueller's Testimony, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
13 September 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Looking For Answers While Hoping A Leader Might Emerge From A Raucous Conversation. I made the mistake of waiting until I had witnessed the third Democratic debate last night before writing this letter to you. I...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 10, 2019 | "Medical Taylorism", burnout and professional fulfillment, Continuous Improvement, Critical thinking, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Population Health, Process Improvement, Six Domains of Quality, The Triple Aim, Time as a commodity in healthcare
I recently read Dr. Jerome Groopman’s marvelous 2007 book, How Doctors Think. His book caused me to refocus on the importance of “time” as we consider the complexities of healthcare, and look for solutions that will promote our quest for the Triple Aim. The book came...
by Joe Knowles | Sep 3, 2019 | Guest Contributor, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Guns In the Home, Joe Knowles, Polarization in America, Population Health
“Editor’s” introduction to this post. I am delighted that Joe Knowles has decided to let me share with you his innovative idea that could save many lives from gun violence. He first shared the idea with me last November at one of our occasional meetings for...