by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 30, 2018 | Burnout, Health in America, healthcare finance, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, The Triple Aim
It has been almost ten years since I took on the challenge of trying to lead Atrius Health. The challenges then were very similar to the ones we face now. I was impressed then as I am now with the body of thought and knowledge that had been expressed in Crossing the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 16, 2018 | ACA, Benefits of the ACA, Entitlements, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, The Triple Aim
In a recent “Healthcare Musing’s” Friday letter I tried to describe how I planned to contribute to the journey toward equity and the Triple Aim in 2018. Patty Gabow, an Interest Reader, friend, and the retired CEO of Denver Health wrote back: …I did read...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 9, 2018 | Economic inequality, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, Life Expectancy, Strategy, The Triple Aim
January is named for the two faced Roman god, Janus. One face looks forward in time, as one looks back assessing what has happened. Most of us adopt a “Janus” posture this time of year. At our holiday gatherings what has happened over the last year is a favorite...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 2, 2018 | Access, Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Costs, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Payment Models, Single payer, The Triple Aim
Looking back over 2017 I am moved to say, “You can’t make this stuff up!” That expression is a meme/cliche that entered our culture sometime since the advent of Facebook. It has been used more and more during the evolving chaos of the first year of the Trump...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 26, 2017 | Health in America, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty, Social Determinants of Health, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
On Christmas morning as I was enjoying opening presents with my family, it occurred to me that President Trump’s suggestion that the tax bill was a big Christmas present for Americans must be very painful for the poor to hear. This bill puts much of their “safety net”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 12, 2017 | Benefits of the ACA, Competition, Costs, History of Healthcare Reform, Population Health Management, Presidential Politics, The Triple Aim
What will be left when the storm is over? It’s the sort of question you might have asked yourself if you were living in Puerto Rico on September 20 when Maria hit. I ask it of myself on a regular basis when I think of Donald Trump’s attack on healthcare, the...