by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 21, 2024 | A personal history, Critical Race Theory, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Implicit Bias, Inequality in Healthcare, Juneteenth, Peter Bloch, Social Determinants of Health
June 21, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Reflecting On The Real Significance of Juneteenth Our newest national holiday, Juneteenth, was celebrated this past Wednesday, June 19th. It was well publicized, but my assumption is that for many Americans the day...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 7, 2024 | 2024 elections, ACA, D Day, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Sandro Galea, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Policy, Polarization in America, political determinants of health, Progressive Values, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The threat to women's reproductive rights, The Triple Aim
June 7, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Political Dermanents of Health I have written many letters to you that focus on the various aspects of the social determinants of health. Much less frequently I have mentioned the political determinants of health. As...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 31, 2024 | 2020 Presidential Debates, 2024 elections, ACA, Elizabeth Warren's Medicare for All Plan, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare equity, Joe Biden and the Future, Karen McDougal, Medicare For All Who Want It, narcissism, Political "norms", political polarization, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, Stormy Daniels, The 2020 election, The Commonwealth Fund, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, Trump's felony conviction in New York, Trump's lies
May 31, 2024 Dear Interested Readers Last Minute Edits Triggered By The Trump Verdict Every day during the last seven weeks when the court was in session during Trump’s hush money trial my routine was to follow the comments from the reporters attending...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 3, 2024 | Christian Nationalism, CommonHealth, Continuous Improvement, Creative Destruction, Depression, Disruptive Innovation, Dr. Paul Batalden, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Innovation in Healthcare, Martha Bebinger, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
May 3, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, Improving Healthcare Will Require Courage Protestant ministers of my father’s era would frequently focus their sermons on the promise of John 3:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 19, 2024 | A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bill Rodgers, Boston Marathon, Build Back Better Bill, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Paul Batalden, Featured Post, Global Warming, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Manchin, LEAD, MAGA, Moral sensibilities in healthcare, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The 2024 Presidential Election, The conflict in Gaza, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, The Public Option, The Supreme Court and Healthcare, The Triple Aim, Trump's Trial In New York, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
April 19, 2024 Dear interested Readers, What Can We Do? I should give you a warning that what follows is just personal opinion and speculation based on many years of observation and substantial frustration. As I think back over what I have observed in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2024 | 2024 elections, A personal history, ACA, Atrius Health, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Continuous Improvement, Costs, Dartmouth Health, eclipse of the sun, Featured Post, Inequality in Healthcare, Path of Totality, Politics and Healthcare, Public Option, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
April 12, 2024 Dear Interested Readers, I Don’t Understand Why Healthcare Isn’t A Top Political Issue My adventures in healthcare continued this week with my much-anticipated first post-op appointment with my surgeon at Dartmouth which was three weeks...
