We Are Leaderless in the Midst of a Systems Failure
In each of the last two posts I have mentioned Paul Batladen’s famous observation about the output of “systems.” Last Tuesday I wrote: The great physician and advocate for continuous improvement, Paul Batalden of Dartmouth, has reminded us frequently...
Healthcare Musings For July 3, 2020
July 3, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, A Different Kind of Fourth One of my most cherished possessions is about fifty feet of 8mm film shot by my father between 1948 and 1950. I found several canisters of developed and undeveloped movie film in a...
Goodbye 2019, Hello to the 20s
I am so glad that it is going to be the 20s tomorrow. Bye-bye to a so-so decade. This New Year should be very interesting. There should be events that occur this year that will have a long term significance in our collective experience. I always embrace the New...
An Explanation For Readers. Plus, Is It Too Late For Courage?
It was a tough weekend for me. As usual, The Friday “Healthcare Musings” was posted on the Internet at 3 PM on Friday afternoon, but as the minutes, then hours, then days passed without the notice of it existence going out to you I became increasingly distraught....Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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