by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 27, 2018 | Costs, Delivery, Featured Post, healthcare finance, The Triple Aim
JAMA recently published an interesting study that has not gotten as much attention or debate as it deserves. It is my hope that its impact will grow and that the insight that it offers will make a difference. The article “Health care spending in the United States and...
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 | Feb 13, 2018 | Era 3: the moral era, Healthcare Transformation, Improving the health of the poor, Lean, patient centered care, Population Health Management, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
Zeev Neuwirth, Senior Medical Director of Population Health at Carolinas Healthcare System Medical Group, and an old friend and former colleague, launched a weekly podcast last August entitled, Creating a New Healthcare. I love the recurrent introduction that Zeev...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 30, 2018 | Burnout, Health in America, healthcare finance, Healthcare Quality, Inequality in Healthcare, Lean, The Triple Aim
It has been almost ten years since I took on the challenge of trying to lead Atrius Health. The challenges then were very similar to the ones we face now. I was impressed then as I am now with the body of thought and knowledge that had been expressed in Crossing the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 2, 2018 | Access, Benefits of the ACA, Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Costs, Health in America, Inequality in Healthcare, Payment Models, Single payer, The Triple Aim
Looking back over 2017 I am moved to say, “You can’t make this stuff up!” That expression is a meme/cliche that entered our culture sometime since the advent of Facebook. It has been used more and more during the evolving chaos of the first year of the Trump...