Posted in Cooperation in Health Care, IDCOP, Information Flow, K, Measurement, Medication System, Safety, Organizational Development, patient centered, Spread, Systems, CAS, Transformation on Oct 10th, 2004 Comments Off
Well I have been silent for quite a long time. I have been trying to find my way forward for months. The groups working on Pursuing Perfection in Whatcom County have accomplished much: Direct involvement of patients in the design of chronic care system and processes, Shared Care Plan, Clinical Care Specialist role, Groups [...]
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Shared Care Plan. This is a very exciting program. Shared Care Plan is clearly a major step forward in improving the communication between… [:: Chemo Chronicles '04 ::] Craig Miles writes, “As a cancer patient, I deal with my cancer as a chronic illness and I found this document to be better than anything I [...]
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A few days ago a group of patients and their families talked to Ed Wagner about their experiences in Pursuing Perfection in Whatcom county. Each of these patients had a clinical care specialists and a shared care plan. What I heard changed my thinking. They described the role of the shared care plan differently than [...]
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Building Trust, by Flores and Solomon is a really good book. I rank it with The Wisdom of Insecurity, by Alan Watts as two of the most mind altering books I have read. Watts turned the conventional wisdom of insecurity on it's head, essentially showing that security or fixedness is closer to death and that insecurity [...]
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A friend of mine, Gervase Bushe, wrote a very useful book: Clear Leadership. The insights and framework are based upon his career as a professor and business consultant Clear Leadership is full of practical and immediately useful mental models and advice. Organizations are beginning to use it as a framework for leadership training at all levels. After reading [...]
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I have gradually come to realize that I unconsciously make a binary choice each time I think or act. I get out of my bed either on the defensive side or the learning side. I either start my day holding on to… you name it. Or, I start my day open, willing and interested [...]
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Posted in Cooperation in Health Care on Oct 21st, 2003 Comments Off
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the British Medical Journal with support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others have developed a very useful site, QualityHealthcare.org, for anyone working on healthcare improvement. If you have not seen this, log-in and take a look around. It is free.
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