Healthcare Musings For August 21, 2020

Healthcare Musings For August 21, 2020

  August 21, 2020 Dear Interested Readers.   What A Week!   The post on Tuesday reviewed the first night of the Democratic Convention. The high point of the evening was the speech by Michelle Obama. Some of the commentators I heard suggested that it was...
The Political Conventions Have Begun. The Future of Healthcare Depends On What Follows

The Political Conventions Have Begun. The Future of Healthcare Depends On What Follows

  The political conventions for 2020 began last night. I’ve been watching these events longer than I have been paying attention to the Olympics. I first paid attention to the Olympics in 1956, but do not remember seeing them on TV. I remember watching the 1952...
Healthcare Musings For August 14, 2020

Healthcare Musings For August 14, 2020

  August 14, 2020 Dear Interested Readers,   The Next 81 Days Of The Campaign For Better Health   Yesterday morning I was up early, about 8AM. My Florida family was trying to get away early on their trip back to Miami. I was not enthusiastic about them...
Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

Primary Care and Rural Health Systems Are Victims of COVID-19. What’s Next For Them?

  I was on a socially distanced walk with my seventeen year old granddaughter this week, and we were talking about how quickly and unexpectedly life has changed. She and her parents usually come every summer for a quick visit. They fly into Logan Airport on a...
The Future of Care As Seen Through the Lens of The COVID-19 Pandemic

The Future of Care As Seen Through the Lens of The COVID-19 Pandemic

  My wife and I were recently watching the PBS program “The Vote” when it occurred to me how long it takes to achieve social change. The story of Women’s Suffrage is an international saga that really spans a few thousand years. It was not until 2015 when Suadi...