It’s Time For A Change In How We Look At Hospitals
The hospital in my little town was one hundred years old this last year. It was launched by three local physicians, Dr. Nathan Griffin, Dr. Charles Lamson and Dr. Anna Littlefield, in collaboration with women in the community. A local woman of some prominence, Jane...
Healthcare Musings For 4 January 2018
4 January 2019 Dear Interested Readers, We Must Address Poverty and the Social Determinants of Health I have the opinion that most Americans do not understand or spend much time thinking about the term “social determinants of health”, or connect...
Physicians and the “Wicked Problems” of Healthcare
For several years after I moved into administration I was a regular attendee of the twice yearly meetings of the Group Practice Improvement Network. Â GPIN’s description of itself is straight forward: GPIN is a nonprofit organization created in 1993 by the...
Healthcare Musings For 7 December 2018
7 December 2018 Dear Interested Readers,  A Potpourri of Feelings and Observations  Some weeks it is beyond my ability to finally decide on one subject for these notes. It occurs to me that most weeks this letter to you does not live up to its billing as “musings;”...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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