by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 20, 2018 | Burnout, Depression, healthcare finance, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
20 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Burnout: It’s Variable Impact on Providers and Patients I read obituaries habitually. It is a habit that I acquired from my wife who inherited it from her Irish father. She refers to the obits as the “Irish sportspages.” I am...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 13, 2018 | ACA, Healthcare as a Right, Presidential Politics, The Supreme Court and Healthcare
13 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, So Far So Good, and a Request Last week the delivery process of this letter changed. The letter was also a little shorter, by design. I hope that you liked the new delivery process. Tuesday’s post was a totally new piece and not a...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 10, 2018 | Burnout, Career development, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Joy in Practice, Lean, Practice Improvement
I do not get invited to many baby showers. Before last month I do not think that I had ever been to a baby shower. Is it something about me, or is it just a cultural thing? Whatever, I was delighted when my wife announced that a couple of dear friends decided that the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 6, 2018 | Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Politics, Poverty and healthcare, Presidential Politics
6 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Welcome to The New “Healthcare Musings” Friday Letter! If you are reading these words you have made a transition! I talk alot about change. I know that whether I like it or not most things around me, and most...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 26, 2018 | ACA, Amazon and Jeff Bezos, Atul Gawande, Healthcare Transformation, Innovation in Healthcare, Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan Chase, Population Health Management, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway
My wife called while I was out walking to let me know that she had just heard that Atul Gawande had been named as CEO for the new healthcare organization that is proposed as a joint venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase. I was surprised at...