Healthcare Musings For March 5, 2021
March 5, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, More Thoughts About The Importance of Primary Care Now that Donald Trump is off Twitter and mostly out of sight except for occasional appearances at places like CPAC, I find that I have more time to think...
How Do We Strengthen The Nation’s Primary Health Care System?
If you have avoided these notes for the past few weeks, you may not know that I have been systematically reviewing the recommendations of the Commonwealth Fund’s Task Force On Payment and Delivery System Reform. There are six sections to the report. So far we have...
Tis The Season To Be Jolly, and Try To Be Positive
I spend a lot of time with my memories. I have very few regrets and an abundance of warm fuzzy moments that come to mind when I reflect on all the mostly rewarding and joyful years that I spent in the practice of medicine. Some of my warmest memories are from the...
Healthcare Musings for 21 September 2018
21 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Overuse, Misuse, and Underuse: Hallmarks of Suboptimal Practice and a Barrier To a Better Future Healthcare will definitely be an important, if not the top issue in the November midterm elections....
Team Based Care Is Essential to the Future of Healthcare
I consider myself to be incredibly fortunate. From the moment I walked into my first practice session at the the “old” Harvard Community Health Plan to the last day of practice life, I was always part of a team. The constitution of the “team” varied from time to time...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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