Sunday, August 31, 2008

There is a reason we have elections

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One more posting in honor of Labor Day. Recently, an op-ed was published in the Boston Globe, entitled " Unions' new role in the wo...
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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Don't mention the part about ending elections!

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A special message in honor of Labor Day: A little while back, I wrote of George McGovern's opinion piece advising members of the Democr...
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Cormorants in Cape Cod Bay

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This group always finds this exposed rock at low tide on which to dry their feathers.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Welcome Blogger referrals!

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Welcome to those of you who got here via Blogs of Note . I am honored to be listed. Please scroll down and you will find a wide variety of...
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Wrong way to apply for a job

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I know we all receive "cold call" letters from people looking for jobs. I do not know what kind of employment agencies advise peo...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Laurie Edwards live!

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A note from fellow blogger and author Laurie Edwards: Dear Friends, I hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of summer. As we look ahead ...
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Monday, August 25, 2008

More Than a Fan

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From Michael D. Baratz, MD, Resident Physician at the BIDMC Department of Surgery: From the time I was a 6 year-old boy, I have gotten an ad...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Thinking of Bruce

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An excerpt from a note from Bruce's wife, shortly after he passed away. It is printed with her permission. He was a very fine person who...

Sunset at Highland Light

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First known picture of Michael Phelps

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Born to be . . .

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Following up on the theme introduced last Friday , here is a pertinent animated view of the Baby Boomers.
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Nick's done good!

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My hospital CEO blogging colleague, Nick Jacobs , has written a book called Taking the Hell out of Healthcare . It is available here on Ama...
Thursday, August 21, 2008

Please join Tom's ride on September 7

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Tom DesFosses is a patient of our hospital and a cancer survivor. He has started a bike-riding fundraiser for cancer research. The ride sta...

What I did this summer

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Here are some excerpts from an essay by Ifedolapo Bamikole, a senior at UMass Amherst. She's from Nigeria and has been in the US for abo...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Art too bad to be ignored

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Looking for something to do to round out your summer? I have just the thing: A visit to MOBA, the Museum of Bad Art , conveniently located...
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Lean is not about dieting

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Following yesterday's story , here's another example of the Lean methodology in action, as presented in an email from one of our nur...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

There's something happening here

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Fellow blogger Jessica Lipnack has sent me news about an extraordinary social media experiment being led by General William B. Caldwell. Ge...
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Bullish on the Container Store

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Quick, buy stock in the Container Store. As we continue with our expanded use of Lean process improvement techniques at BIDMC -- often origi...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

From my former life

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An op-ed in yesterday's Boston Globe about management of large public works projects, based on my experience running the metropolitan ...
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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Henna, Xeloda, Roche, Europe, August

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Monique Doyle Spencer's Op-Ed about the use of henna as an antidote for a known side-effect of Roche Pharmaceutical's important canc...
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