Comments on the Future of Practice
As we peer into the future and ponder what lies ahead for the practice of medicine we can be sure that the answer will vary across the spectrum of practice. To examine the potential changes for every type of practice would require a very extensive effort. If we focus...
Envisioning Tomorrow’s Better Patient Experience
It is always difficult to think about the future. Will it be more of the same, a great leap forward, or a big step backward? Can we see something inevitable on the horizon? Is there something that will be totally unexpected like 9/11 that leads to big surprises? As is...
Foundational Principles for the Future of Care Delivery
How will the way we deliver care in ten years be similar to the way deliver care today and how will the future be different? One thing that is already in transition is the expectation of patients. Patients want a more “horizontal” and collaborative connection with...
Choices: Understanding Risk, Loss, Persuasion and Compulsion in Healthcare
My wife had a simple mantra that she repeated each time our boys left the house to go out with their friends. She would say, “Make good choices!”. Her inference was that there was loss associated with bad choices. Never before have patients, families, doctors, other...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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