Senator Jeff Merkley, A Leader With The Potential To Make A Difference
With the growing concerns about the need for change and the approaching election, last Sunday afternoon my wife and I volunteered to go door to door for our local Democratic Party in a “get out the vote” effort. We do not want to wake up in two weeks on November 7...
Slip Slidin’ Away, Redux
Last May I lifted the title and the hook from one of Paul Simon’s songs to write “Is the Triple Aim ‘Slip Slidin’ Away?” The recurrent passage or chorus in the song is: Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The...
Healthcare Musings for 19 October 2018
19 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, “Systemness” as Nirvana This week I have had the pleasure of attending the 5th Annual ATLAS conference in Boston. ATLAS is an acronym for Annual Thought Leadership on Access Symposium. It is the annual...
Healthcare Musings for 28 September 2018
28 September 2018 Dear Interested Readers, This Week’s News Makes Me Think of Berwick’s Era Three in Medicine It has been an unusual week in the news. One advantage of being retired is that you can listen in real time to some pretty bizarre things...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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