by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 20, 2023 | Children in poverty, David Brooks, diseases of despair, Economic inequality, Enlightenment Now, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Housing shortages as a social determinant of health, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Lfe expectancy, Manifest Destiny, Martin Luther King Jr, political polarization, Poverty and healthcare, Rutger Bregman and Humankind: A hopeful History, Social Determinants of Health, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Second Mountain: The Quest For a Moral Life, The Triple Aim, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Where Do We Go From Here?
January 20, 2023 Dear interested Readers, It Is a Matter of Perspective Most Monday mornings I am on a Zoom call with seven good friends. We are a “book group.” Over a few years, we have been through several books that discuss philosophical, ethical,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 6, 2023 | 2022 midterm elections, COVID, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Global Warming, Gun Violence, Health in America, healthcare disparities, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Life Expectancy, patient centered care, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, Selection of the Speaker of the House, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare
January 6, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Thoughts About the New Year Last week I advertised that I was going to review 2022 and then look forward to 2023. It is easy to talk about “what has been” and much more difficult to anticipate “what will be.” At...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 16, 2022 | a personal testimony, Burnout, compassion fatigue, Don Berwick, Dr. Anthony DiGioia, Eric Reinhardt, Featured Post, Healthcare equity, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, patient centered care, The Patient Centered Value System, The Triple Aim
December 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Why Are You In Healthcare? The question in this title assumes that you are a healthcare provider or work in healthcare. I know for a fact that many of the readers of these notes do not work in any aspect of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 2, 2022 | A story from my life, Atrius Health, Burnout, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Featured Post, improving the delivery of care, Improving the health of the poor, patient centered care, political determinants of health, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
December 2, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, The Long Good Bye To Joe The response to my letter last week about the life of service that Dr. Joseph Dorsey lived was remarkable. Four of those responses came through the comments function of the newsletter,...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Rethinking How We Deliver Care In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 9, 2022 | A story from my life, ACO, Continuous Improvement, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Healthcare equity, healthcare finance, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, Medicare For All, Pioneer ACO, Queen Elizabeth, REACH ACO, System Consolidation, The Triple Aim, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
September 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Musing About ACO Disappointments This week I have been thinking, or more accurately “musing,” about the current status of ACOs. “Musing” seems to me to be a word that has more depth and feeling than “thinking”,...
