Healthcare Musings For August 14, 2020

Healthcare Musings For August 14, 2020

  August 14, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Next 81 Days Of The Campaign For Better Health   Yesterday morning I was up early, about 8AM. My Florida family was trying to get away early on their trip back to Miami. I was not enthusiastic about them...
The Future of Care As Seen Through the Lens of The COVID-19 Pandemic

The Future of Care As Seen Through the Lens of The COVID-19 Pandemic

  My wife and I were recently watching the PBS program “The Vote” when it occurred to me how long it takes to achieve social change. The story of Women’s Suffrage is an international saga that really spans a few thousand years. It was not until 2015 when Suadi...
Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2020

Healthcare Musings For June 5, 2020

  June 5, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   It’s Never Been This Late Before   Many times during my practice life I would try to have a conversation with a patient about some change in lifestyle or a choice that they might make to avoid some future...
Healthcare Musings For April 24, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 24, 2020

  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,...
Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2020

Healthcare Musings For April 3, 2020

  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...
Looking For Leadership And The Truth In The Crescendo Of The  COVID-19 Pandemic

Looking For Leadership And The Truth In The Crescendo Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

  It is St. Patrick’s Day, but the bars are closed, and there will be no parade. It feels as if we are in one of those pivotal moments that we will talk about for years to come. Some people say that America comes together in moments of crisis. We will be...