by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 15, 2019 | Administrative Waste, Atrius Health, Costs, Don Berwick, Lean, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare
This posting is brought to you thanks to a note I received on Sunday from a loyal “Interested Reader.” Hi Gene, I thought of you upon reading this clearly-written article in the NYTimes this morning: I hope all is well and that you are enjoying...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 11, 2019 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Administrative Burden, Featured Post, Healthcare as a Right, Inequality in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Population Health, Social Determinants of Health, Universal Access, Value Based Reimbursement
11 October 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Where Would You Start? When I listen to politicians talk, at least the ones running for president, the health care problems they are interested in solving are mostly limited to how we achieve universal access and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 1, 2019 | ATLAS conference, David Shore, Dean Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Inequality in Healthcare, Kearsage Regional Ecumenical Ministries, Lean, Six Domains of Quality, Social Determinants of Health, Stein's Law, Toby Cosgrove
Last Friday’s Healthcare Musings began: At four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon I was sitting at a table in the ballroom of the Boston Seaport Hotel at the 6th ATLAS (Annual Thought Leadership Symposium). This year’s conference title was “Expanding Boundaries....
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 20, 2019 | Cokie Roberts, Featured Post, Medicare For All, President Trump, Presidential Politics, Stephen Colbert, The 2020 elections, The Democratic presidential candidates
20 September 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Are Late Night Shows A Better Forum Than The Presidential Debates? I have come to a conclusion. I really do not need to listen to the dysfunctional televised debates that are being presented each month...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 10, 2019 | "Medical Taylorism", burnout and professional fulfillment, Continuous Improvement, Critical thinking, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Population Health, Process Improvement, Six Domains of Quality, The Triple Aim, Time as a commodity in healthcare
I recently read Dr. Jerome Groopman’s marvelous 2007 book, How Doctors Think. His book caused me to refocus on the importance of “time” as we consider the complexities of healthcare, and look for solutions that will promote our quest for the Triple Aim. The book came...