by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 31, 2018 | Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare as a Right, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Joy in Practice, Lean
31 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Whataboutism, Pivoting, Economic Injustice, and Healthcare Lately I have been asking people in my circle of acquaintances what they think about “whataboutism.” I have gotten many blank stares which indicates to me that some...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 28, 2018 | ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Future of Heathcare, John McCain, Leadership, The Triple Aim
It seems ironic that in the same week that we are exposed to more evidence of just how dishonorable our leadership can be, we lose one of our leaders, who over many years and on many subjects, has been one of our best examples of honorable leadership. I never voted...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 7, 2018 | Burnout, compensation, Featured Post, Moral Injury, patient centered care, Payment Models, The Triple Aim
What floats your boat and moves it? Perhaps that is a crude way of asking about both where your values arise and what motivates you. For some reason whenever issues of either values or motivation become the subject, I think of my experience as a Boy Scout. I sometimes...
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...