Healthcare Musings For October 2,  2020

Healthcare Musings For October 2, 2020

  October 2, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   Thinking About the Future of Healthcare and the 2020 Election After The First Debate   [I finished writing what follows last night at about 10:30 PM Mountain Time, 12:30 AM on the East Coast. While I was...
COVID Fatigue Is A Creeping Problem,  But There Is Even More That Worries Me.

COVID Fatigue Is A Creeping Problem, But There Is Even More That Worries Me.

  Summer is fading fast into early fall where I live. I have already had a few roaring fires in my fireplace as overnight temps slip into the high thirties. Our fireplace has an elevated hearth where I enjoy sitting as I soak up warmth from a primeval source that...
Eight weeks of Increased Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity Lie Ahead

Eight weeks of Increased Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity Lie Ahead

  November 3rd lies exactly eight weeks into the future. In the interim we will be in a period of extreme VUCA. If you are a new or casual reader of these postings you may not understand what I am implying by saying it will be a period of extreme VUCA. Even if...
The Political Conventions Have Begun. The Future of Healthcare Depends On What Follows

The Political Conventions Have Begun. The Future of Healthcare Depends On What Follows

  The political conventions for 2020 began last night. I’ve been watching these events longer than I have been paying attention to the Olympics. I first paid attention to the Olympics in 1956, but do not remember seeing them on TV. I remember watching the 1952...
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...