by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 17, 2018 | Future of Heathcare, healthcare finance, Lean, Practice Improvement, The Triple Aim
17 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, The Future Will Be What We Make It Francis Fukuyama, an American philosopher, wrote The End of History and the Last Man in 1992. In his book he argued that there would be no more social evolution beyond liberal democracy and...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 10, 2018 | ACA, Consumerism in Healthcare, Politics, the healthcare debate
10 August 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Why Is Healthcare Such A Nightmare For Patients (Consumers)? I am sure that as the 2018 election process moves forward from the statewide primaries to final events in the fall the continuing controversies over healthcare will...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Aug 3, 2018 | Burnout, Era 3: the moral era, healthcare finance, Leadership, Lean, Moral Injury, The Triple Aim
3 August 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Looking At “Burnout” From a Different Perspective Last week I received a brief note from an Interested Reader who lives in Miami, Florida, and who is admirably active as a Quaker in activities that he hopes will increase the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | 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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jul 20, 2018 | Burnout, Depression, healthcare finance, patient centered care, The Triple Aim
20 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Burnout: It’s Variable Impact on Providers and Patients I read obituaries habitually. It is a habit that I acquired from my wife who inherited it from her Irish father. She refers to the obits as the “Irish sportspages.” I am...