by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 3, 2018 | Economic inequality, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
I have been reading/listening to Martin Buber’s classic work I and Thou (Ich und Du). I was encouraged to returned to this difficult book after several years by Ezra Klein’s podcast of a conversation with Jaron Lanier, one of the pioneers of virtual reality and the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 20, 2018 | Featured Post, Health in America, Improving the health of the poor, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, The Triple Aim
I am a reader. Amazon knows what to feed me. I get notice of books about politics, especially ones critiquing President Trump and the current perils to the future of our democracy. Their computers know I am interested in inequality and behavioral economics. My...
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 6, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, healthcare finance, Healthcare Transformation, Leadership, Lean, Process Improvement, The Triple Aim
Over four years into retirement I frequently wonder what opportunities, if any, do I still have to make a contribution. I reexamined that question recently as I was patting myself on the back for writing my weekly letter, now called “Healthcare Musings,” for ten...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 27, 2018 | Innovation, Politics, Social Determinants of Health, Strategy, Tax Reform and Healthcare, The Triple Aim
The foundational fairy tale that Michael Wolff tells us in his bestseller, Fire and Fury: Inside The Trump White House, is that the president and none of his campaign staff, except Steve Bannon, ever thought he would win and did not prepare for the possibility of...