by David Tran | Apr 17, 2014 | Igniting the #FMRevolution
“It is my conviction that, on balance, the family practice movement has more in common with this counterculture than it does with the dominant scientific medical establishment. Maybe we never intended that it should be this way, and I doubt that many of us have...
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH | Dec 13, 2012 | Igniting the #FMRevolution
This is the third and final blog post in series that we entitled: #FMRevolution: The Fire Within. In our first blog post, I examined the movie Escape Fire and its ramifications for innovative thinking and the movement toward health care transformation. In our second...
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH | Nov 14, 2012 | Igniting the #FMRevolution
Catching Fire In the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy, a rebellion begins to catch fire in post-apocalyptic Panem. Likewise, the Family Medicine Revolution is beginning to catch fire in the U.S. health care system. Here are three reasons why I believe that the...
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH | Oct 15, 2012 | Igniting the #FMRevolution
Escape Fire If you like movies that tell a good story and you give a damn about the future of the U.S. health care system, I recommend carving out 90 minutes from the tyranny of urgency otherwise known as your life to watch “Escape Fire”. You have the option of...
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH | Jul 29, 2012 | Igniting the #FMRevolution
1. What tactical advantages (i.e., strengths) does your organization possess to be successful? 2. What battle vulnerabilities (i.e., weaknesses) threaten our success? 3. What do our troops look like – how will different membership segments be engaged in the battle? 4....
by Jay Lee, MD, MPH | Mar 22, 2011 | Featured, Igniting the #FMRevolution
Ah, change. Isn’t it lovely? With the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) last year, much change has been afoot and most of it has been rapid and frantic change. Many stakeholders, from physicians to health plans and from patients...
