by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 14, 2018 | Augmented Intelligence, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Quality, Innovation, Process Improvement
Whether you call it artificial intelligence, AI, or augmented intelligence, I think that the day when some IT product with “machine learning” becomes your most significant practice partner is probably not that far away. You may counter by saying that you have heard...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 10, 2018 | ACA, Consumerism in Healthcare, Politics, the healthcare debate
10 August 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Why Is Healthcare Such A Nightmare For Patients (Consumers)? I am sure that as the 2018 election process moves forward from the statewide primaries to final events in the fall the continuing controversies over healthcare will...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 31, 2018 | FQHCs, Healthcare Policy, Improving the health of the poor, Life Expectancy, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Recent circumstances have moved me to take a closer look at the importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their important role in the immediate future of the evolution of better care for the underserved populations of our nation. I have the bias that...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 27, 2018 | Costs, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Policy, law of inverse care, Leadership
27 July 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Another Obit and Another Perspective I am a regular reader of the “Perspectives” section of the New England Journal of Medicine. I can count on the fact that week after week I will get an excellent return on the time I invest in...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 24, 2018 | Healthcare Quality, patient centered care, the power of stories, The Triple Aim
Nothing satisfies a writer like getting a story back from a reader that confirms that at least one other person understood your point. I find that sometimes the person who is commenting adds a story that makes my original thought even more effective. I received such a...