Thinking About Transformation: My Story

Thinking About Transformation: My Story

  The “serious” section of Friday’s post was entitled “Preparing For Transformation.” At the end of the post after talking about the transformation that Joe Biden was trying to lead as we emerge from the pandemic I promised that I would be returning to the...
Healthcare Musings For March 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For March 26, 2021

  March 26, 2021 Dear Interested Reader,   Have We Forgotten That The Cost of Care Is A Problem?   I mention the Triple Aim in many of my posts. In my opinion, the best graphic that presents the concept was created by the Institute For Healthcare...
Healthcare Musings For March 5, 2021

Healthcare Musings For March 5, 2021

  March 5, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   More Thoughts About The Importance of Primary Care   Now that Donald Trump is off Twitter and mostly out of sight except for occasional appearances at places like CPAC, I find that I have more time to think...
Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

  February 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Balance Regulatory and Competitive Approaches to Promoting a High Performing Health System?   This is the sixth and final installment of my review of the report of the Commonwealth Fund’s task force...
More Losses To COVID and the Heavy Administrative Burden We Bare

More Losses To COVID and the Heavy Administrative Burden We Bare

  That we have lost 500,000 souls to COVID-19 is hard to process. It really doesn’t help much to hear 500,000 dead Americans from the COVID pandemic is more lives lost than in our summed casualties of World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the War in Vietnam. I...