Tuesday, April 08, 2008

An opening day dawns

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Above, Fenway Park at dawn this morning, courtesy of Red Sox staff. And a new feature on Redsox.com, as announced today by BIDMC: From hams...
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Monday, April 07, 2008

Click through the slides (from the CDC)

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Read this doc on Scribd: CDC trends in obesity 1985 2001
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There is no Max Brenner

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In my family, I am known for two personality disorders. First, I was born in New York. My wife and daughters forgive this, though, because ...
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Sunday, April 06, 2008

40th (really ?) reunion

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As noted in Wikipedia , McBurney School may be best remembered as the destination of Holden Caulfield when he left all the equipment of the...
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Advice from the late David Newsome

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Wise advice to my MIT students and others from David Newsome, a diplomat in the US foreign service, as found in his obituary written by Dav...
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Saturday, April 05, 2008

Can Lord Darzi get it done?

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A great article from the London Times about Lord Darzi and his attempts to reform the British Nation Health Service . Recall that I was hi...
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Thursday, April 03, 2008

MIT students abroad

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WBUR on Facebook

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Our beloved and very, very good public radio station, WBUR, now has a page on Facebook and is friending people throughout the community. At...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008

When an employee gets really ill

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A recent case prompted me to inquire about a particular individual, and I thereby learned our policies. The issue is the degree to which a c...
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More from Brent James

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Another part of the Silverman Institute's inaugural event was a grand rounds presentation by Brent James for our medical staff. When I...
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¡Qué le vaya bien, Ralph!

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One of the great pleasures of being a CEO occurs when one of your clinical or administrative team gets tapped for a position of responsibili...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Reporter's question about Facebook

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On Boston.com , the following Reporter's Question: Facebook friends with your boss? Has your boss or superior coworker asked you to be t...
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Now for something really important

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A Facebook message I received at 9:10 am yesterday. I like how it shows that everyone is involved in improving the patient experience. Not...
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Monday, March 31, 2008

Silverman Institute inaugural event

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I just returned from celebrating the inaugural event of BIDMC's Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety. The Institute w...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Healthy Mouth, Healthy Sex

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This is not a topic I ever expected to cover. I was led to it by Diana Huff , a Facebook friend (and mutual admirer of David Meerman Scott ...
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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Not your average CVS

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Pictures of drugs and other substances from an old, old pharmacy in Villa La Quiete near Florence. Note the opium precursor, papaveri .
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Trauma in Tuscany

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I thought I would expand a bit on the reason that I was asked to address senior hospital officials during my recent visit to Florence. Thi...
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Sign of the times

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When I lasted visited Siena twenty years ago, this was one of the busiest shop fronts in the city, the public telephone center. Now, with ub...

Another advance for transparency

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I'm sorry if this has been around for some time and I missed it earlier, but Massachusetts General Hospital has posted an excellent site...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Florentine Stakes

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I had a chance to talk with the head of the Tuscany health service, who informed me that the province spends about 1400 Euros per year per p...
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