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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 15, 2018 | ACA, Healthcare Quality, Presidential Politics, Racial Inequality, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
When I think about the Triple Aim Paul Simon’s song “Slip Slidin’ Away” feels like it has a special message for me. Near the end of the song he sings: Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away God...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 13, 2018 | Costs, Delivery, Health in America, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Payment Models, The Triple Aim
In 1993 when the Republicans joined force with many in the healthcare industry to defeat the plans for universal coverage put forth by the Clintons, I said somewhat facetiously to some colleagues and friends that we would not get universal coverage and healthcare...