by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 1, 2019 | Amazon, Atul Gawande, CVS Health Hubs, Disruptive Innovation, Haven Healthcare, Primary Care, Walgreens, Walmart
1 November 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What’s Up at Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Amazon? I was ten years old in 1955 when Volkswagen began marketing its cute “bugs” in America. It was probably the summer of 1956 before I saw my first “VW Beetle.” It...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 29, 2019 | Augmented Intelligence, Future of Heathcare, Illiberalism, Inequality, Liberal Values, The Triple Aim, Zanny Minton Beddoes
One of the things that my wife and I have enjoyed in retirement is our subscription to the Lesley University/WGBH Boston Symphony Hall Speaker Series. Once a month through the fall and winter we enjoy a great evening in Boston. We go to dinner with friends...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 25, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, ACO, Atrius Health, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, MassHealth, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement
25 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Pondering What the Future Might Hold My last letter to my colleagues at Atrius Health was published on October 25, 2013. In that letter I reviewed what I thought some of the challenges of the future would...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 22, 2019 | David Brooks, Economic inequality, Frederick Douglass, Future of Heathcare, Inequality in Healthcare, Jill Lepore, Martin Luther King Jr, states' rights, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
I was quite gratified that in his recent sixteen hour panorama of Country Music, Ken Burns spent a disproportionate amount of time in episode six on Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson has always been a favorite of mine. He was an exceptional athlete at Pomona...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 18, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, Costs, Lean, Medicare For All, President Trump, Public Option, Waste in healthcare
18 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Morality, Trump, Democratic Debates, and More Thoughts on the Cost of Care I had some sort of awakening in the late eighties and started reading more nonfiction. History, theology, and business related...