by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 18, 2022 | A story from my life, ACA, Atrius Health, compensation, Continuous Improvement, COVID, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Lean, Martin Luther King Jr, Massachusetts Health Policy Commision, Polarization in America, Process Improvement, team based care, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim, transformational change, Value Based Reimbursement
February 18, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Musings on an Anniversary I published my first “Friday letter” on February 22, 2008. It was the last day of my first week on the job as the Interim CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Atrius...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 19, 2021 | Children in poverty, COVID, Economic inequality, Entitlements, Family Health Project, Featured Post, Inequality, Innovation, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Joe Knowles, Martin Luther King Jr, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Ronald Reagan, Social Determinants of Health, The American Families Act, Universal Basic Income
19 November 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Poverty, Children, and the Family Health Project of Joe Knowles Last April in a piece entitled “Moving From Contemplation to Action” I began my introduction to of the Family Health Project which was the idea of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 4, 2021 | Adaptive Change, burnout and professional fulfillment, capitation, Continuous Improvement, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dr. Robert Pearl, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Healthcare Transformation, physician culture, Physician/Management "Compacts", The Triple Aim, This Is Water by David Foster Wallace, Uncaring:How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors & Patients
June 4, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, , Our Culture Is Everybody’s Problem I am sure that you have heard the expression that “culture eats strategy for lunch.” I can’t recall when I first heard the expression, but there is...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 6, 2021 | 1.9 Trillion Dollar COVID Stimulus Bill, ACA, Equity, Featured Post, For The People Act, healthcare disparities, Inequality in Healthcare, Joe Biden's aggressive agenda, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The American Jobs Act, the filibuster, The John R Lewis Voting Rights Act
I will reveal a secret. I frequently don’t have a vision of what will be in these notes until I can decide on the picture in the header for the post. The picture often helps me pull the idea together. If a picture is worth a thousand words, perhaps a good...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 3, 2020 | A Brief History of the Last One Hundred Years Of Healthcare, Burnout, compassion fatigue, Dr. Robert Coes and the Call of Service, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, The evolution of chronic disease management, the power of stories
The character of medical practice has changed over the past fifty years. The changes go far beyond our technological and scientific advances. Many reflect on the change in the experience of providing care. Others focus on how the experience of receiving care...
