Browsing the archives for the patient experience category

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

Honorable mention!?!? Ay, caramba!

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6 Comments Posted in health care finance, hospital care, medical education, medical ethics, medical urban legends, patient experience
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Touch me or Touch me not?

How vital is a doctor’s touch?

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7 Comments Posted in medical education, medical innovation, patient experience, technology
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Boomers 2012

I’m reposting an essay I wrote a year ago about aging in America. The baby-boomers have started turning 65. How will they (and the rest of us) find meaning in a youth-obsessed culture as we live healthier, longer lives? _________________ Happy New Year! Er, almost. A closing thought as 2010 2011 becomes history: In 2011, the [...]

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2 Comments Posted in aging, health & wellness, patient experience
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Filling the void (… the young docs, vol. 2)

If there aren’t enough docs to go around, who will see the patients? PLUS, now you can read GlassHospital adjusted to your mobile phone!

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2 Comments Posted in health care reform, health care work force, patient experience, primary care
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Blue Light Special on Primary Care?

NPR and the Wall Street Journal ran stories this week on Wal-Mart’s attempt to re-shape delivery and provision of primary medical care in the U.S.The company is soliciting proposals from vendors that offer products and services designed to deliver efficient and inexpensive primary care to the market place. Then, in an “Oops” moment, the company’s VP for health [...]

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4 Comments Posted in health care finance, health care reform, humor, medical innovation, patient experience, primary care, Uncategorized
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