Examining “Joy in Practice”Through the Lens of Personal Experience
Last year I was delighted to write a preface for the book on patient and family centered practice written by Anthony DiGioia and Eve Shapiro, The Patient Centered Value System: Transforming Healthcare through Co-Design. Recently Eve emailed me with the request that I...
Is the Triple Aim Slip Slidin’ Away?
When I think about the Triple Aim Paul Simon’s song “Slip Slidin’ Away” feels like it has a special message for me. Near the end of the song he sings: Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away God...
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...
It’s Getting Harder Faster Than You Realize
In last week’s post, I tried to reconstruct the thinking of the Atrius Health management team in early 2008. At that time we were writing a new strategic plan to respond to the uncertain future of healthcare. Over the previous decade publications like To Err is Human...
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...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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