Not Running a Hospital

This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Want to see a masterpiece theatre?

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WGBH is offering tours of its studios in my online auction to benefit Bowdoin Street Health Center. Look under "Unique Experiences....
Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Interlocking circles and cycles

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Still relatively new to the medical field, I am often struck by the interplay among generations of patients and doctors, and between doctors...

The gold standard

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Our pathology labs receive accreditation from the College of American Pathology and the American Association of Blood Banking. Inspections ...
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Hallelujah!

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Craving culture? Check out Boston Baroque's Messiah and also their New Year's Eve concert at my auction to benefit Bowdoin Street...

Urine my thoughts

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I am always on the lookout for water saving techniques . It comes from having focused on this while running the metropolitan area's wa...
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Sleepy? Amorous?

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Which side (of the river) do you prefer? Win a hotel room in Boston or Cambridge for a visiting friend or relative . . . or for that romant...
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Tom Sellers --->> DC

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My friend Tom Sellers has fled Boston and taken a new position as President & CEO of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship . (...

Hungry?

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Head downtown for a great lunch or dinner at the Chinatown Cafe on Harrison Street, courtesy of proprietor Hing Soo Hoo. First, though, bid...
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Who cares if it is off-season?

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Take 10 friends for a tour of Fenway Park, courtesy of our Red Sox partners. Or have lunch with Executive Vice President Sam Kennedy. Bid ...

GRACE: Will it be amazing?

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Our folks are working on an important new project. It derives from a number of adverse events, cases in which elderly patients fell and wer...
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Monday, November 02, 2009

Online Auction to Benefit Bowdoin Street Health Center

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I am starting a new feature on this blog. I hope you enjoy it and participate. Some friends of mine are involved in a new company called Bi...
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Out of line

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Depending on your point of view, competition is either the strong point or the underside of Boston's spectacular collection of hospitals...
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Newton and the Countefeiter

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I'd like to suggest a book to you, entitled Newton and the Counterfeiter , by Thomas Levenson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Levenson is ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Pumpkins @ BIDMC

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Here are some of the winning entries from the BIDMC annual pumpkin carving contest.
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Lead cases studies will be available

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We just finished our presentations at the BCBS conference . The full case studies will be available on the BCBS of MA sites mentioned below...

Berwick jumps in, too

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Following up on the post below , Don Berwick, CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is offering the keynote address at the BCBSMA...
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Jumping In

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I'm currently attending a conference organized by Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA entitled, "Jumping In: Learning from CEOs about dri...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Auction item reminder

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Please don't forget to donate to my collection of auction items to benefit Bowdoin Street Health Center. Thanks!
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Thanks for nothing

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I was excited to see that our Boston transit system, the MBTA, had installed these LED signs on the line I take to and from work. I eagerly...
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Brava, Helen!

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I don't usually post emails from other hospital CEOs to their staffs, but this one is so kind and thoughtful that it presents a model fo...
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Paul Levy
Negotiation advisor, author, speaker; former hospital CEO, regional water and wastewater system CEO, and public utilities regulator. But above all, coach.
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