The Importance of Telling Stories About the Quality of Care
Nothing satisfies a writer like getting a story back from a reader that confirms that at least one other person understood your point. I find that sometimes the person who is commenting adds a story that makes my original thought even more effective. I received such a...
Healthcare Musings for 20 July 2018
20 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Burnout: It’s Variable Impact on Providers and Patients I read obituaries habitually. It is a habit that I acquired from my wife who inherited it from her Irish father. She refers to the obits as the “Irish sportspages.” I am...
Why I Suggest That We Go For A Walk
The salutation for the Friday letter which I have been writing for the last ten years has evolved, as has the format. Since my retirement it has been addressed to “Dear Interested Readers.” For over three years the letter has had a scene from nature as the “header.”...
Healthcare Musings for 13 July 2018
13 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, So Far So Good, and a Request Last week the delivery process of this letter changed. The letter was also a little shorter, by design. I hope that you liked the new delivery process. Tuesday’s post was a totally new piece and not a...
An Interesting Question at a Baby Shower
I do not get invited to many baby showers. Before last month I do not think that I had ever been to a baby shower. Is it something about me, or is it just a cultural thing? Whatever, I was delighted when my wife announced that a couple of dear friends decided that the...
Healthcare Musings for July 6, 2018
6 July 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Welcome to The New “Healthcare Musings” Friday Letter! If you are reading these words you have made a transition! I talk alot about change. I know that whether I like it or not most things around me, and most...
“There’ll Be Some Changes Made,” Unfortunately
I envy guitar players. I wish that I was decent plucker of strings. I have been trying to make progress in this area for forty years. Two of my greatest disappointments in life are that I have never become proficient enough with any musical instrument to feel...
I Believe In Atul!
My wife called while I was out walking to let me know that she had just heard that Atul Gawande had been named as CEO for the new healthcare organization that is proposed as a joint venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase. I was surprised at...
Joy In Practice, Part II
Over the years I have had some strange dreams. In one recurrent dream I am back in high school playing football. Â It is not like the old days when I was an All Star. Despite the fact that I feel that I am at least as good as the other guys, even though I am in my...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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