Weekly Report 1/13/24

(Under this heading I will now post a weekly newsletter about my observations, experiences and reflections as I am finally working full time with Galileo medical. This might be one long essay sometimes, a collection of vignettes sometimes, just my thoughts of the week other times, but it will most definitely be more personal - intimate, if you will, for those readers who want a deeper insight into why this “late career physician” (as my former boss defined me) has chosen to embark on a different journey, practicing medicine in a new way, and helping shape that model, which is still evolving and expanding.)

My onboarding and start with Galileo medical was slow and gradual because of the lengthy contractual period of notice with my previous employer, but after several months of part time work for both and some breathing room around the Holidays, I now have only two jobs instead of three. I still do my weekly Suboxone clinic with Bucksport Regional Health Center via telemedicine. This is the Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine where I was Medical Director for most of my career, the place where I helped start the Suboxone program, Saturday urgent care walk-in, bidirectional warm hand-offs (medical to behavioral health and behavioral health to medical), where I helped design their biggest building expansion, where I published their patient newsletter, designed the logo, which was eventually tweaked to be more inclusive but kept the enveloping apple, the place where I mentored half a dozen nurse practitioners and so on.