by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 3, 2018 | Healthcare Transformation, Reform, the difficulties of change, The Triple Aim
I envy guitar players. I wish that I was decent plucker of strings. I have been trying to make progress in this area for forty years. Two of my greatest disappointments in life are that I have never become proficient enough with any musical instrument to feel...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 19, 2018 | Burnout, Featured Post, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Joy in Practice, Practice Improvement, Quadruple Aim, The Triple Aim
Over the years I have had some strange dreams. In one recurrent dream I am back in high school playing football. It is not like the old days when I was an All Star. Despite the fact that I feel that I am at least as good as the other guys, even though I am in my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 5, 2018 | Economic inequality, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, metitocracy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
I saw aristocracy up close at Harvard Medical School. I quickly realized that some of my classmates were from families that were either power brokers in New York or Washington, or were the elite of American medicine. I discerned that I had been slotted into the class...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 22, 2018 | Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, History of Healthcare Reform, Innovation in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim
When my own wellspring of inspiration and self proclaimed insight seems to be temporarily running dry, I compensate by passing on to readers what I am learning from others. There has been a lot to learn from others and to pass on recently. I was particularly intrigued...
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...