by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 21, 2019 | Economic inequality, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality, Population Health, Poverty, Sister Joan Chittister, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
21 June 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Critical Choices and Uncommon Courage I have a new “hero,” guru, and role model. She is Sister Joan Chittister, an 83 year old Benedictine nun. Her latest book, The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage has...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 14, 2019 | Dean Robert Ebert, Economic inequality, healthcare for the rural and urban poor, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health
If you are a close reader of these notes, you’ve probably figured out that my career was as a physician first and then secondarily as a healthcare administrator who was fascinated by the many facets of healthcare management and policy. Put into the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 7, 2019 | Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Health in America, Opioid Epidemic, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, The Homeless
I took the picture that heads up this post on a walk this week in Albuquerque. I was there to visit my son and his wife. They moved to Albuquerque in 2007. For my daughter-in-law it was a return to her hometown. Both of her parents had been teachers in the Albuquerque...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 30, 2019 | Consumerism in Healthcare, Costs, Culture, Disruptive Innovation, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Zeev Neuwirth
One of my occasional delights over the past few years has been to have a friend or former colleague whom I have admired and learned from send me a manuscript or a recently published book that they have written. I am always a little apprehensive when what has been...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 12, 2019 | Economic inequality, Empathy, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Inequality, Poverty and healthcare, Racial Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
12 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What Can We Do About The Poverty Where We Live? I am reading a new book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land. Over the past two years I have searched for books in my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 22, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), burnout and professional fulfillment, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Innovation, Moral Injury, Payment Models, Population Health, Quadruple Aim, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Watson
22 March 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Musing With Friends About Healthcare This week’s letter lives up to the title of “Healthcare Musings.” The dictionary says that musings are periods of reflection or thought. I would add that when I am...