by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 3, 2015 | Burnout, Featured Post, Leadership, Reform, The Triple Aim
Burnout is the enemy of the Triple Aim. Some deny that it exists. Most press on with their work ignoring its symptoms in themselves and others. At times the impact can be disastrous for individuals and for practices. Burnout in clinicians often has an impact on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 27, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim
In a very interesting TED talk entitled “Where Do Good Ideas Come From,” Steven Johnson gives example after example of how individual moments of epiphany are more likely to be the product of group discussion and process than the sudden “eureka” moment of an isolated...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 13, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Process Improvement, Reform, Strategy, The Triple Aim
The other night I watched 60 Minutes and heard Steven Brill and Leslie Stahl report on how Obamacare is doing at this point. There was an air of naiveté and associated helplessness or a sense of victimization by “systemic evil” that was at the core of this segment,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 10, 2015 | Delivery, Featured Post, Leadership, Payment Models, Process Improvement, Reform, Strategy, The Triple Aim
Last week I traveled from my new home in New London, New Hampshire to Farmington, Connecticut to participate in a leadership conference for a large physician group there. This group, like many physician groups across the country, is making that transition from the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 9, 2015 | Accountability, Delivery, Featured Post, Long Term Service and Support, Population Health Management, Reform, The Triple Aim
Healthcare needs to be more accessible and more accountable to everyone. Not long ago my brother-in-law, Tom Coffey, decided to take advantage of a light workday by spending some time on his elliptical machine. Events must have happened quickly because it does not...