Thursday, July 03, 2008

Check out Craig's art show in Orleans

›
Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Health makeover for New Ulm

›
This story by Josephine Marcotty in the Minneapolis Star Tribune tells of a great experiment in the town of New Ulm, MN. I love the lead: T...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Welcome residents!

›
These happy folks are a few of the new crop of residents who began their orientation at BIDMC today. I think I surprised them when I told t...
4 comments:
Monday, June 30, 2008

Start of his own campaign?

›
I wrote below about Amiel Reid going to Washington to discuss issues with Congressmen. Here are some pictures of him and his family and ot...

Tribute to helicopter rescuers

›
This is a sad story about the crash of two med-evac helicopters in Arizona, leading to the death of 6 people. Here in Boston, we are serve...

BIDMC Spirit Update

›
An email I sent to the BIDMC community: Dear BIDMC, Back in chilly days of winter, I wrote you about the beginning of BIDMC SPIRIT , and it ...
5 comments:
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Dancing with Parkinson's

›
The Jewish Family and Children's Service in Waltham, MA runs a marvelous dance program for people with Parkinson's disease. Yes, d...
3 comments:
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Which side are you (really) on?

›
Over the last few months, I have set forth the " playbook " that is used by the SEIU (Service Employees International Union) when ...
13 comments:
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Pipeline to happiness

›
As we home in on July 4 and think about "the pursuit of happiness," I want to report on a particularly joyous program at BIDMC. I ...
3 comments:
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

New blog

›
A new blogger on the block, entitled Two Way Street , subtitled, Thoughts about the dynamics of the psychotherapy relationship (and other st...
2 comments:

Please join the Paul and Charlie show

›
I have been struck by the fact that, when major issues of public policy are raised on this and other health care-related blogs, the level of...
8 comments:
Monday, June 23, 2008

Turning loss into gain

›
The amount of caring shown by our nurses knows no bounds. Read this .
1 comment:
Sunday, June 22, 2008

Special edition for my London readers

›
I want you to know that Music Director Jonathan McPhee and the Longwood Symphony have departed on their first international tour to London! ...
1 comment:
Friday, June 20, 2008

Italy, for real

›
For those who love Italy as much as I do, I offer the following humorous link: http://tcc.itc.it/people/rocchi/fun/europe.html
1 comment:
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Mt. Auburn + BCBS = Excellence

›
Check out this excellent video describing efforts at Mt. Auburn Hospital, in cooperation with Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, to set -- and r...
7 comments:

Susan's Story

›
Please read this heartwarming story about a 14-year-old Ugandan girl who suffered severe burns who is being helped by a group of people in ...
3 comments:

Double header

›
A twofer: Watch this program on Sunday to see BIDMC SPIRIT in action. But first, read the comments from the same training session (below)...
1 comment:
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

10 out of 10

›
There is a lot of commentary from patients about how they are treated in emergency rooms, so I was pleased to get this note yesterday from a...
9 comments:
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Where are the pumps? Part 1.

›
I have provided several examples of how BIDMC SPIRIT has been employed to solve some small and annoying work-arounds and other process pro...
15 comments:
Monday, June 16, 2008

Amiel goes to Washington

›
Following in the footsteps of an entire family of activists, this 14-year-old boy with sickle cell disease goes to Washington, DC to lobby ...