Healthcare Musings For May 6, 2022

Healthcare Musings For May 6, 2022

May 6, 2022 Dear interested Readers,   Surprised and Disappointed Again in Strange Times   It’s been another tough week in Ukraine, especially in Mariupol, and not so pleasant here. It has been a week with at least one huge surprise. I can remember halcyon...
We Are Leaderless in the Midst of a Systems Failure

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 21st June 2019

Healthcare Musings For 21st June 2019

21 June 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   Critical Choices and Uncommon Courage   I have a new “hero,” guru, and role model. She is Sister Joan Chittister, an 83 year old Benedictine nun. Her latest book, The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage has...