Healthcare Musings For 5 July 2019
5 July 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Unpacking the Conversation about Medicare for All with Lean Thinking There has been a plethora of articles this week offering analysis of the Democratic Presidential Primary debates. Â The Washington Post gave us their...
Finding Joy In Practice
My wife volunteers a half day a week at a thrift shop that is run by our local VNA. The aging crowd in our community donates great items for sale either before or after their demise. Some know that their children don’t value what they once thought were the earmarks of...
A Perspective From the Other Side of the Sheet
In 1991 William Hurt starred in an interesting movie called “The Doctor.” The plot was simple. A highly skilled and well respected, but egotistical and self centered surgeon gets cancer. You follow him through his discovery of compassion as he contends with his own...
Healthcare Musings For 31 May 2019
31 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Relationalism and the Joy of Practice I imagine that other retirees do what I do and spend a lot of time thinking about what happened during the years of their careers.  The goal is to be able to say, “It wasn’t...
Experiencing Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Healthcare
Thomas Jefferson was a master of the memorable phrase. His masterpiece was The Declaration of Independence. The first paragraph is a very powerful introduction to a reason for action, “When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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