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. 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...
A Request That Got Me Thinking About How We Practice
Recently my 97 year old father was readmitted to his local hospital in North Carolina with another episode of CHF and aspiration pneumonia. He was discharged to the rehab facility at his life care community on a Monday. My sister from Birmingham drove over and spent...
The Challenges We Face Are Connected
It has been almost ten years since I took on the challenge of trying to lead Atrius Health. The challenges then were very similar to the ones we face now. I was impressed then as I am now with the body of thought and knowledge that had been expressed in Crossing the...
Patient Access, Patient Engagement, and the Triple Aim
The Triple Aim will never be realized without increasing our ability to engage patients in their own care, and nothing is more critical to patient engagement than the access patients have to their care providers. I recently attended the fourth Annual Thought...
The Importance of Patient Engagement
I believe that we must become more effective practitioners of patient patient engagement if we are ever going to have any hope of achieving the Triple Aim. Dr. Ebert told us what would not work in that quest. He said that more money, more personnel, and more...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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