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Connecting with Patients

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve previously written that connection is critical to health care and cited the examples of Dr. Herb Pardes at New York-Presbyterian and my own observations during my wife Katie’s battles with breast and advanced ovarian cancer. It’s about Dr. .&# Katie is cancer free today. why is everyone smiling?

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The Joy of Facts

Next Level Blog

Reid talk about what he learned in writing his book about health care, The Healing of America. Reid travelled around the world twice – once on his publisher’s dime and again to film a documentary for PBS – to learn about how health care is delivered in different countries. We have the best health care system in the world.”

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The Costs of Racial Disparities in Health Care

Harvard Business Review

years in 2010, a disparity remains — largely from blacks’ higher death rates at younger ages from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, as well as higher risks for HIV infection, homicide, and infant mortality. Promote a diverse health care workforce. Deliver patient-centered care. years in 1970 to 3.8

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Marshall, Not McChrystal, Should Be Role Model for Military Leaders

Michael Lee Stallard

When FDR put the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression under Marshall’s command, he developed an “absorbing interest” in helping the young men by educating them and taking care of their health-care needs. on July 5th, 2010 [.] According to Marshall’s biographer, he “kept his men intelligently occupied.

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Offices Can Be Bastions of Civility in an Uncivil Time

Harvard Business Review

Since 2010 Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate, in partnership with KRC Research, have tracked Americans’ perceptions of civility in various aspects of life, including work. Here are some suggestions: Lead by example. Sixty-three percent also reported that people are more civil at work than outside of it. and worldwide.

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Are You Working Over the Thanksgiving Holiday?

Harvard Business Review

12:53 PM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Edward Hallowell | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print If youre working — either from home or the office — over Thanksgiving, Im not sure whether to say, "Congratulations on your work ethic!" or "My condolences on your plight."

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Big Pharma's Hidden Business Model and How Your Company Funds It

Harvard Business Review

For example, they randomly sample from a pool that excludes people most likely to have adverse reactions, like patients with two or more health problems, women, children, and minorities. Safra Center for Ethics , some fellows study how these institutional practices corrupt medical science and clinical practice.