Taking a Closer Look At the Importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers

Taking a Closer Look At the Importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers

by | Jul 31, 2018 | FQHCs, Healthcare Policy, Improving the health of the poor, Life Expectancy, Population Health Management, Poverty and healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

Recent circumstances have moved me to take a closer look at the importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and their important role in the immediate future of the evolution of better care for the underserved populations of our nation. I have the bias that...
Understanding How the Amazing Success of the 9.9 Percent is a Risk to Better Healthcare for Everyone

Understanding How the Amazing Success of the 9.9 Percent is a Risk to Better Healthcare for Everyone

by | Jun 5, 2018 | Economic inequality, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Health in America, Inequality, Inequality in Healthcare, metitocracy, Process Improvement, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim

I saw aristocracy up close at Harvard Medical School. I quickly realized that some of my classmates were from families that were either power brokers in New York or Washington, or were the elite of American medicine. I discerned that I had been slotted into the class...
We Must Be Inept Because We Do Spend Enough To Do a Better Job

We Must Be Inept Because We Do Spend Enough To Do a Better Job

by | May 22, 2018 | Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, History of Healthcare Reform, Innovation in Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, the healthcare debate, The Triple Aim

When my own wellspring of inspiration and self proclaimed insight seems to be temporarily running dry, I compensate by passing on to readers what I am learning from others. There has been a lot to learn from others and to pass on recently. I was particularly intrigued...