Nov 20, 2021Exigent priorities?Yes, many of these overlap (think Venn diagrams), evincing recursive cause-effect (feedback loop) oscillations. Some may be transient, eventually materially abating with or without concerted mitigation efforts. Others may well worsen irrespective of our countermeasures. I’ve been devoting most of my KHIT.org blog time of late to many of these…15 min read15 min read
Jun 7, 2020On #WhitePrivilege and EmpathyTroubled reflections on the George Floyd murder and its upshot.1 min read1 min read
Jan 31, 2017The Price is not right. Indu Subaiya speaks outCross-posted from my KHIT.org blog. apropos, see my prior post on Tom Price. Indu Subaiya, to the Senate Finance Committee: Vote “No” on Tom Price: a perspective from the innovation community; January 30, 2017 Honorable members of the Senate Finance committee: My name is Indu Subaiya, MD MBA and I am Co-Chairman and CEO of Health 2.0, the largest healthcare innovation conference and network in the world. I submit this…Healthcare6 min readHealthcare6 min read
Aug 1, 2016’Dem bones. A billion tons of them.Over on my KHIT.org blog I’ve posted a reflection on Ann Neumann’s important book “The Good Death: an exploration of dying in America.”Death And Dying9 min readDeath And Dying9 min read
May 7, 2016A reflection on my late friend Paul GrizIn the summer of 1977 we rented a U-Haul truck and summarily up and moved from Tuscaloosa to Knoxville, Tennessee. No job, no nothing. Merely wanted a change, and east Tennessee looked pretty good: beautful country, close to the Smokies, not too far from my in-laws’ NW Alabama farm home…Short Story4 min readShort Story4 min read
Apr 25, 2016The underappreciated evolutionary factors that bear on human health and impede effective modern health careEvolutionary biologist Dr. Daniel David Lieberman of Harvard has written an important book. I could not recommend this book more highly. I would make it required reading in medical school. The genus homo has been around on earth for more than 7 million years, after branching off from its primate…Medicine3 min readMedicine3 min read
Apr 23, 2016Dan Lyon’s very funny new book “Disrupted” is also deadly serious.Dan Lyon’s very funny new book “Disrupted” is also deadly serious. Highly recommended.1 min read1 min read
Apr 3, 2016“I Alone Can Solve, I Alone Can fix it”APRIL 2023 We may never be rid of him. But, he’s now indicted. First of several, one hopes. JANUARY 20TH, 2021 UPDATE: THE END OF AN ERROR At the conclusion of his one-term-twice-impeached tenure, in the wake of a seemingly endless onslaught of belligerent threats and denial — capped by a brazen, overt incitement of a ghastly lethal insurrection on January…Politics13 min readPolitics13 min read