by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 24, 2023 | A personal history, Cass Sunstein, Dr. Marc Bard, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Healthcare Mergers, Illiberalism, Liberal Values, Liberalism, Medical Professionalism, Moral Injury, Physician Council of HCHP, RVUs, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
November 24, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Some Thoughts Before Continuing My Story I began the slow crawl through the memories from my professional life in the letter that I wrote to you on July 21. Eighteen weeks later I am only up to 1995, and I am...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 17, 2023 | A story from my life, David Brooks, Dr. Harris Berman, Dr. Jennifer Leaning, Dr. Walter Murphy, Featured Post, Frederick Buechner, Glenn Hackbarth, Hamas, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Healthcare Mergers, Listening to Your Life, Pilgrim Health Care, Pluralism, Point 32 Health, Social Determinants of Health, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, The Triple Aim, Tufts Health Plan
November 17, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Mergers Change Everything The header today is a photo of a piece of commemorative glassware that was presented to each of the participants in the long discussions and negotiations that resulted in the merger of...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 3, 2023 | A personal history, Christian Nationalism, Conflict in Gaza, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Paul Solomon, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Gun Violence, Harvard Community Health Plan, Harvard Vanguard Medical, Illiberalism, MAGA, Mass shooting in Lewiston, Mike Dukakis, Physician Council of HCHP, Putin's war in Ukraine, Speaker Mike Johnson, The sixth extinction
November 3, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, After Comments on Recent Events, My Story Continues I have been amazed by how long it has taken me to tell my story. The truth is, I am grateful that I have had something to write about other than the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 13, 2023 | A dysfunctional House, Atrius Health, burnout and professional fulfillment, Dr. Neil Berman, Empathy, Featured Post, Francis Peabody and "The Care of the Patient", Moral Injury, Social Determinants of Health, The conflict between Israel and Hamas, The New Hampshire presidential primary, The Personal Cost of Clinical Objectivity
October 13, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, A Break From My Story It has been a disturbing week. The events in Israel and Gaza surprised and horrified us all. One thing that I have come to appreciate listening to commentaries and to Secretary of State...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 6, 2023 | A personal history, Ambulatory practice, Chaos in the House, Dean Robert Ebert, Dr. Joe Dorsey, Featured Post, Harvard Community Health Plan, Kevin McCarthy, Moral Injury, Social Determinants of Health
October 6, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Evolution of Ideas and the Environment As I pick up my story this week, I am among the many who are shaking their head in dismay over what has happened to Speaker Kevin McCarthy amid the disharmony in the House of...
