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Experimenting with Flying Cars

December 5th, 2011 - 9:37 am

Share/Bookmark Recently, I spent a few hours with a neurologist and a neurology RN in a quiet room making 15 minute phone calls to patients.  These patients were scheduled to be seen at the clinic a few weeks later.  We … Continue reading →

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Communication Insights for Large Surgical Departments

November 29th, 2011 - 10:03 pm

Share/Bookmark“A five minute car ride helped us solve our challenge with resident duty hour restrictions.” That is what a transplant surgeon at Mayo Clinic said when we interviewed him about communication within the Department of Surgery. He told us the … Continue reading →

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Focusing on Potential: Conversations About Strengths

October 17th, 2011 - 10:04 pm

Share/BookmarkTraditionally, medicine is about treating and diagnosing the disease. Instead, what if we focus on a patient’s potential instead? What if we focus on what the patient is doing right? Might this lead to positive health behavior change? As part … Continue reading →

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Exhibit A

August 25th, 2010 - 3:12 pm

Share/Bookmark Last September I spoke at our Transform Symposium about the power of conversation. In that talk, I mentioned that there was a significant amount of research out there to support my thesis that a healthcare delivery system focused on fostering good … Continue reading →

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The Benefits of Existentialism

March 17th, 2010 - 3:39 pm

Share/BookmarkDo you ever read something and it makes you so happy that you want to squeal with delight, but you can’t because you’re at work and squealing with delight is liable to be disruptive in your shared workspace? Well, that … Continue reading →

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More is not necessarily better.

March 9th, 2010 - 5:15 pm

Share/BookmarkThe article, First Physical,  from the Archives of Internal Medicine about the President’s physical was passed along to me by Victor Montori. It offers such a fascinating window into the issues facing healthcare delivery reform. I could quote the whole article … Continue reading →

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The power of a conversation

September 2nd, 2009 - 3:30 pm

Share/BookmarkThis morning I had the opportunity to hear one of our Transform presenters give us a preview of her talk. It absolutely blew me away! She spoke about the power of a conversation — how conversations should be a valued … Continue reading →

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