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First, we listen

First, we listen. The tagline for the organization I work for now. Inspiring! Challenging! As an e-Patient and…

DannyMay 6, 2013

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Trust- Another Magic Lever

Recently, Joan Vitello, Associate Chief Nurse at Brigham and Women's Hospital, inspired me talking about…

DannyApril 20, 2013

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Spring Musings

8am: Just finished an 11 mile ride on my recumbent trike in an hour and…

DannyApril 17, 2013

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Clinicians are from Mars, e-Patients are from Venus

Are clinicians from Mars and e-Patients from Venus? My experience is e-patients and clinicians can…

DannyApril 10, 2013

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Shared Decision Making Month

According the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation shared decision making (SDM) is a collaborative process that allows patients…

DannyMarch 14, 2013

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Managing medications: Experience of empowered & engaged partners

Managing medications - the most frequent interaction between health team members - includes both the…

DannyMarch 7, 2013

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Book review: Far from the Tree

Andrew Solomon’s Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity covers stories of diverse…

DannyFebruary 26, 2013

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Innovation

Innovation: such a pregnant word. Innovation usually accomplishes something pretty basic - a solution to a problem we…

DannyFebruary 16, 2013

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Magic Lever – Tracking Health

Today, the Pew Internet and Life Center published a report, Tracking for Health (link here). In previous posts,…

DannyJanuary 28, 2013

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Magic levers of cultural change

I'm traveling these days in many bands of committed people and groups striving to improve the…

DannyJanuary 24, 2013