by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 23, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Adaptive Change, Creative Destruction, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Medicare For All, Medicare For All Who Want It, Public Option, The Triple Aim
The picture in the header of this post is my attempt to create an image that represents Creative Destruction, or if you prefer a more dramatic term, Schumpeter’s gale. I will get back to those terms, but first let me fully explain the meaning of the image by...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 19, 2019 | "If--" by Rudyard Kipling, A personal history of social change, Activism in Healthcare, Burnout, Medical Professionalism, The Triple Aim
19 July 2019 Dear Interested Readers, How Are You Doing in the Midst of The Swirl Around You? Are You Keeping Your Head [On]? For a long time now I have been wondering how you are doing. I know that your days are full of challenges that often arise in the most...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 16, 2019 | A personal history of social change, Apollo 11, Presidential Politics, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, Title IX, Women's World Cup Soccer Championships
Sometimes when my mind is wandering around with no particular place to go I like to think about all the things that have changed in my lifetime. For example, our first telephone number that I can remember was just three digits. My grandmother was on a “party line”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 9, 2019 | Activism in Healthcare, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Improving the health of the poor, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Every Monday morning I am part of a small group that meets to discuss a few chapters of a book that we have been reading together. The books that we read are theological in nature, but related to an ongoing exploration of social justice. As I mentioned a few...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 5, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Benefits of the ACA, Burnout, Healthcare Transformation, Lean, MACRA, Medicare For All, the difficulties of change, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
5 July 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Unpacking the Conversation about Medicare for All with Lean Thinking There has been a plethora of articles this week offering analysis of the Democratic Presidential Primary debates. The Washington Post gave us their...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 2, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Transformation, Mariane Williamson, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement
Since last week’s First Democratic Presidential Primary debates I keep thinking about Medicare for All versus Medicare for All Who Want It. I am sure there are many things about this complex conversation that I do not completely understand, and in that regard I think...