Where Do We Go From Here?
Dan Burns, is a former colleague who served on the Harvard Vanguard and Atrius boards with me, my dermatologist, and the person who became CEO of Harvard Vanguard after I retired three years ago. I most recently saw Dan, and we had a brief conversation during a visit...
Is This The Shape of Things To Come?
As the President Elect announced his choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services and for the Administrator of CMS, I could not help but think back to the several times when as CEO of Atrius Health I had gone to the offices of HHS at 200 Independence Avenue SW,...
I Was Not So Surprised
The election outcome should not have been a surprise. We should have recognized the uncertainty produced by anger and deep divisions on many issues. The “establishment” Republican party seemed to be in shambles. The Democratic party did not recognize that it had lost...
Old Fashioned Values Applied to Complex Times in Healthcare
An “Interested Reader “ and friend recently sent me a eulogy that he delivered at his father-in-law’s funeral. Let me give it to you to read, and then invite you to think with me about Don Berwick’s recent call for Era 3, the “Moral Era” of healthcare. I...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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