A Final Note from Dr. Swanson (for a while)

This concludes Other Possibilities. My sincere thanks for joining me on this journey over the past hundred-plus days as I’ve shared the story of Lawson Scruggs.

For me, this has always been about more than writing a book. It’s about impact. As an emergency physician, I see every day how deeply our system needs transformational change. I’ve come to believe that small tweaks won’t do it. We need a new paradigm, new institutions, new stories, new heroes.

Those new stories and heroes should include people like Lawson Scruggs and Marie Burgess.

I’m not sure what comes next, but I know I need a break, at least a few weeks away from posting on Substack.

In the meantime, you might be interested in some of my other work:

• My website: chadswanson.com

• My TEDx talk: a 13-minute overview of Scruggs’ story and why it matters today

• My academic writing: exploring health and medicine through a complex-systems lens

• My TikTok: short, informal reflections

• My YouTube channel: deeper dives into the same ideas

In a few weeks, I’ll likely start sharing a shorter version of this story, focused only on the scenes involving Lawson Scruggs. But I’m open to your suggestions. Maybe I should buckle down and get this story formally published in traditional book form. Maybe I should create posts about current events and developments in health and medicine. I’d love your thoughts:

Best Wishes. I hope that our paths continue to cross.

Sincerely,

-Chad