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Systems and Maps, Actions and Theories

Posted in Cooperation in Health Care, IDCOP, Information Flow, K, Measurement, Medication System, Safety, Organizational Development, Spread, Systems, CAS, Transformation, patient centered on Oct 10th, 2004 No Comments »

 
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 Visits, [...]

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Trust as a Verb and Insecurity as a Good Thing

Posted in Cooperation in Health Care, Information Flow, Organizational Development, Systems, CAS, Transformation, Transparency on Feb 1st, 2004 No Comments »

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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Advanced Access–a Key to System Improvement

Posted in Access, Cooperation in Health Care, Spread, Systems, CAS, Transformation on Sep 20th, 2003 No Comments »

Several doctors at the WA State Medical Society meeting ask for more information on what Advanced Access is. So I put a web page together with some good references. Just click on “web page”.
I am skeptical that rapid improvement can occur until most physicians have taken this step. It is a happy circumstance that [...]

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Presentation to WA State Medical Society House of Delegates

Posted in Access, Cooperation in Health Care, Spread, Systems, CAS, patient centered on Sep 20th, 2003 No Comments »

Yesterday I had the privilege of talking about our Pursuing Perfection initiative with the house of delegates for the Washington State Medical Society. Below I have included to content of my 11 slides and my notes.
PURSUING PERFECTION in Whatcom County, WA
SLIDE 1, TITLE SLIDE:
PURSUING PERFECTION
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Perfection? …when things seem pretty bleak. [...]

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