by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 11, 2026 | A personal history, access issues for those with access, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Dartmouth Health, Don Berwick, Featured Post, Gloria Steinem, Healthcare in Rural America, my wife's CVA, New London Hospital, patient centered care, Remembering 9/11, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Timeliness as a component of quality
September 11, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Could It Be 25 Years? And Other Questions and Observations If you were born before 1990, you can probably remember 9/11/2001 with more detail than you can remember the Fourth of July this year. My understanding...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 23, 2026 | "sick care" in primary care, A personal history, Access to care, Ambulatory practice, chronic disease management, Dr. Cato Baxter Wiseman, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare Quality, Primary Care Challenges, Social Determinants of Health, the "good" doctor, the burden of quality metrics on PCPs, The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care, The Triple Aim
January 23, 2026 Dear Interested Readers, Searching For the Relationships That Provide Professional Fulfillment My mother had many interests and was an “early adopter.” She had a “Tandy Computer” from Radio Shack in the early eighties before moving on to...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 26, 2025 | A personal history, abundance, Christmas, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Primary Care, The Care Experience, the centrality of Primary Care, the good doctor
December 26, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, What Are The Attributes of A Good Doctor? Many doctors are very good writers. This time of year, I see articles talking about the best books of the last year. Usually, on a list of a dozen or more, I might have...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 7, 2025 | "atomization" of primary care, Access, concierge care, Democratic victories in 2025 elections, Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum, Featured Post, Financial challenges of primary care., Future of Heathcare, Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), One Big Beautiful Bill-OBBB, Politics and Healthcare, Primary Care Challenges, SNAP, Social Determinants of Health, The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care, The Government Shutdown, Trump's narcissism
November 7, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Politics, Primary Care, and the Social Determinants of Health Tuesday’s elections brought a little bit of relief for those of us who have suffered a sense of loss every day since President Trump’s second...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 11, 2025 | Big Beautiful Bill, Burnout, Diversity Equity Inclusion, Featured Post, Future of Heathcare, Healthcare in Rural America, Lawrence Summers, Moral Injury, New England Journal of Medicine, no margin no mission, Politics and Healthcare, Sister Irene Kraus, The Corporatization of U.S. Health Care, The future of healthcare under Trump
July 11, 2025 Dear Interested Readers, Coming To Grips With A Big Problem My Fourth of July celebration was dimmed a bit by President Trump signing his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” I have learned recently that many of the portions of the bill that will...
