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Latest “Dot” of Healthcare… The “Nocturnist!”
Like most physicians, I get a steady stream of recruitment mail. Most of it is predictable and after a while, you can read between the lines. Whey they state the practice opportunity is in "God's Country," you can assume that generally means within 50 miles of the Canadian border... bring ...
Doctor Shortage? You do the Math!
Last week found me in the beautiful snow-scape of State College, Pennsylvania, speaking to the Pennsylvania Mountains Health Alliance, a consortium of 15 regional hospitals. There were a number of highlights... not the least included enjoying snow that we don't see much of in South Carolina, having a great dinner with ...
If he’s got time to write USAToday a letter to the editor, how come he’s not writing on his blog?
I am recovering from blog-writing-burnout. When I started my blog last summer, my travel schedule permitted, (read, "I had a very slow speaking schedule last summer"), daily entries. But, fortunately, my speaking schedule picked up.... and now is literally zooming. We just booked the 12th engagement for June yesterday. This summer will ...
TV Writer’s Strike — Not the end of the world!!!
I watched the news last night and was surprised to discover the writer's strike, (that I did hear about a few weeks ago), is still continuing. Some programs, the report announced, had been cancelled and "classic programs," (euphemistic for 're-runs'), were to be aired. Although I really was surprised to find ...
Has it really been that long?
I've had a number of friends inquire... "Where have you been? You haven't blogged in a while... are you O.K.???"  I appreciate the concern and am flattered that you miss my blogging...  But, sadly, it seems I've run out of ideas.  Can't think of anything new.  Everything I've thought of seems to have been ...
100,000 Lives Campaign “Failure”
Well it hasn't been. It's been an amazing success. But why? To a large degree it's been from the formation and use of rapid response teams. RRT works like this: ANYONE, from a housekeeper to a physician, from a nurse to an administrator, can call a RRT effort. But embracing ...
Healthcare’s 11th Commandment: Thou Shall Not Fail
Over the past weeks, I've had the "perfect storm" to think through a few ideas. I've shared the platform with Lt. Col. John Nance, who speaks on adopting aviation safety ideas to healthcare, Dr. Jeff Bauer, a healthcare futurist, and also listen to a variety of speakers in a symposium ...
High Tech vs. High Touch
I was speaking at a regional healthcare summit that included five hospitals as well as a number of other businesses of healthcare. Jeff Bauer, Ph.D. spoke on the future of healthcare as becoming more and more high tech. That clinical trials have supported through evidence based medicine improve patient outcomes. There ...
Alternative Medicine vs. “Complimentary Medicine”
There is a shift in western medicine that will open doors of exploration and discovery. I've noticed, "alternative medicine" is now being increasingly described as "complimentary medicine." This is good. It means that when physicians start looking at things they don't know, they're more inclined to stop labeling "alternatives" to western medicine, as ...
Making Waves, (or Melting Ice)
While in Liberal, Kansas, I presented some ideas to the board of directors and attended the public session of the board meeting. The director of maintenance made an request for an item that was not budgeted. With winter coming, they needed to replace what they currently use to apply salt and ...