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Islands of Excellence: June 2013
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Marty Makary, MD: What's Next After "Unaccountable"? Marty Makary MD, MPH and me at. The National Patient Safety Congress May 2013. In his New York Times Bestseller. Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. I was introduced to Makary last year by my friend. The following is edited for length. In your book, Unaccountable.
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Islands of Excellence: "I Can't Die Here. It's Too Ugly."
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Monday, August 19, 2013. I Can't Die Here. It's Too Ugly.". Award-winning architect Michael Graves. For a moment hearing this, words escaped me. “What did you do? 8221; I finally asked, horrified. 8220;My room was close enough to the nurses’ station that I was able to call out and eventually get somebody to come and help me.”. I interviewed Graves some months ago, for my book. With oodles of design awards...
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Islands of Excellence: For my Daughter, the Patient: a "Golden Cocoon"
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Friday, July 19, 2013. For my Daughter, the Patient: a "Golden Cocoon". Strike one for the Golden Cocoon. Score one point for the Golden Cocoon. Jess the day after she was admitted to the hospital. Five days prior, Jess had been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. As the technician completes the ultrasound, the man in the white lab coat hovers over the screen. “Liver looks good”, he sa...Jess is in pa...
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Islands of Excellence: Marty Makary, MD: What's Next After "Unaccountable"?
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Marty Makary, MD: What's Next After "Unaccountable"? Marty Makary MD, MPH and me at. The National Patient Safety Congress May 2013. In his New York Times Bestseller. Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. I was introduced to Makary last year by my friend. The following is edited for length. In your book, Unaccountable.
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Islands of Excellence: Patty Skolnik: In Her Own Words
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Patty Skolnik: In Her Own Words. In the weeks leading up to and during. The National Patient Safety Foundation Congress 2013. Once the Congress is over, I hope to continue with these profiles on this blog. Please share as you see fit to help connect the patient safety universe. Executive Director, Citizens for Patient Safety, Denver, CO. After my husband David and I had left the ho...
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Islands of Excellence: May 2013
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Tuesday, May 7, 2013. What Do Patients Really Want? But before we get too focused on metrics or dazzled by our success, here’s another litmus test with which to measure our progress: "What Would Ken Schwartz Think of That? Ealthy lifestyle since then. When Schwartz wrote about his care in the Boston Globe,. Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare. The Power of Touch. 8220;The most important innovatio...
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Islands of Excellence: September 2013
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Friday, September 27, 2013. 10 Ways to Achieve a Medical Miracle. Sometimes a medical nightmare teaches us something about our own power. This summer, our daughter Jess recovered from a paralyzing nerve disorder within 3 months, less than half the minimum time her doctors insisted it would take. We (she and our family) resolved in the earliest days we would be active participants in the care process.
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Islands of Excellence: 10 Ways the Patient Voice Institute is Shaking Things Up
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People, thinking and projects in the health care universe (and sometimes other places) that inspire. Wednesday, June 11, 2014. 10 Ways the Patient Voice Institute is Shaking Things Up. Launching PVI at HxRefactored. I've been away from this blog for several months because I've been collaborating with some amazing patient advocates to create the Patient Voice Institute. In my last post here on Islands of Excellence. And if not us, then who? At the HxRefactored conference in NYC. You might well ask why, wi...
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