Healthcare Musings For May 14, 2021

Healthcare Musings For May 14, 2021

  May 14, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   What Is Joe Going to Do?   I am waiting to have President Biden give us more information about how he will move us closer to universal access to care. During the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates, one of...
Tapping Into the Wisdom and Spirit of Elizabeth Warren

Tapping Into the Wisdom and Spirit of Elizabeth Warren

  Before I retired, especially after Atrius became involved with CMMI’s Pioneer ACO project, I made frequent trips to Washington. The Washington shuttle from Boston was always packed with people who looked like they were involved with very important business. It...
Joe Has Proposed A Super Highway To The Triple Aim

Joe Has Proposed A Super Highway To The Triple Aim

  I have a confession. For some time I have had the suspicion that the idea of the Triple Aim does not effectively call many of us or our institutions to immediate action. I hear an occasional doctor or administrator talk about the “Quadruple Aim” and that makes...
Healthcare Musings For April 30, 2021

Healthcare Musings For April 30, 2021

  April 30, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Joe Hit It out of the Park   And on the 99th day, the president returned some grace and wisdom to the office.   When I lived in Waco, Texas my dad and I would play a game. He was the pastor of the First...
Healthcare Musings For April 23, 2021

Healthcare Musings For April 23, 2021

  April 23, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   The Challenge: Recognize What We Have Been. Ask What We Are Willing To Become   It would be a mistake to think that the only important or even most important issue of the last fourteen months was the COVID-19...
A Strategy That Always Works

A Strategy That Always Works

  Last Friday’s letter was an attempt to begin to explore the relationships between what we chose to do and how we are compensated. I spent a long time backing into this difficult subject by going all the way back to 1965 and trying to draw some wisdom from my...