Healthcare Musings For March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s Been Another Mega VUCA Moment. What’s Up Next? How Will It End? What Will We Learn? This last week can be summarized quite succinctly as yet another mega VUCA moment in our nation’s history....
The President’s Challenge to Correctly Sequence the Treatment of the Virus and the Economy.
Yesterday, I scored two rolls of toilet paper at the one grocery store in my town. I felt good about my accomplishment until I got home and thought about what it meant to find joy in toilet paper. I had volunteered to do the shopping, and my wife’s last request...
Healthcare Musings For March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, There Is Evidence That We Deserved A Better Effort I hope that you are well and accommodating to this strange collective experience. All is safe and well in my new world where social distancing directs our...
Looking For Leadership And The Truth In The Crescendo Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
It is St. Patrick’s Day, but the bars are closed, and there will be no parade. It feels as if we are in one of those pivotal moments that we will talk about for years to come. Some people say that America comes together in moments of crisis. We will be...
Healthcare Musings For March 13, 2020
March 13, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Revealed: The Folly Of Healthcare For Some In An Uncertain World I do not know where to start in the expression of my feelings about the rapid evolution of our national experience with the COVID-19...
A Lesson In Connectedness
It has been another bizarre week. During times like this in the past, for example during the “dot com” bust of 2000, I might have just shrugged my shoulders and uttered a small prayer asking for personal protection before returning to more important...
Healthcare Musings For March 6, 2020
March 6, 2020 Dear Interested Reader, What’s Next ? February was a terrible month. Not only were we dazed and confused by the explosion of the coronavirus, or if prefer, Covid-19, followed by the collapse of the stock market, but the Red Sox...
Pondering Choices That Might Put Out The Fire
The character of medical practice has changed over the past fifty years. The changes go far beyond our technological and scientific advances. Many reflect on the change in the experience of providing care. Others focus on how the experience of receiving care...
Healthcare Musings For February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, Unexpected Events And Uncertainty in a VUCA World It has happened again. This last week was one where events seemed to suddenly converge on us to remind us of an important reality, change is a constant in...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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