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Keeping Up with Pasteur, Mother Teresa, and Einstein

Uhm…ouch. Excuse me while I reprioritize…... Read More

Do Patients “Like” Good Care?: Measuring Hospital Quality Via Facebook

The Article: Timian, A., Rupcic, S., Kachnowski, S., & Luisi, P. (2013). Do patients “like” good care?: Measuring hospital quality via Facebook. American Journal of Medical Quality. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1062860612474839 Big Idea: This first-of-its-kind exploratory study uses multivariate regressions, adjusting for numerous factors, to research... Read More

Too Busy for Your Team, Manager? You’re Too Busy.

Managers are responsible to their teams – to be present, to advocate for them, to listen to them, to help them. It’s difficult to be present – both literally and figuratively – while pulled in every direction by meetings, cell... Read More

New, Free Journal Dedicated to Healthcare Clinical Innovation “Coming Soon”

Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation will being quarterly publishing in June 2013. The journal, touted as the first of its kind to offer research on direct clinical care innovation, or the “how” of healthcare, will be free online... Read More

Death by Status Quo

It’s an insidious, torturous death. I’m neither willing to be its victim nor will I allow its chilling fate for those around me.... Read More

Wear Your ID with Style Thanks to BooJee Beads [Giveaway]

Ah, the ever-present badge reel and lanyard. We wear them every single day in healthcare and business, yet we rarely pay attention to them. They’re often some boldly-branded things we picked up from an exhibit table at a conference four... Read More

Long-live Your Nerdy Passion

I recently attended a conference that made me smile because each speaker discussed his or her passion. It was evident in their enthusiasm. I smiled because the passions aren’t what we typically think of when we talk about passion. For... Read More

Throwing Up Hands; Rolling Up Sleeves

I go through cycles of giving up and starting again. Tomorrow might be a different story from today. I exhaust myself in work, and when it doesn’t seem to go right, I push the work off again. A weird thing... Read More