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Health Care Quality Leader

Let Your Creativity Flow

09.30.2011

In a recent interview, MW McLaughlin spoke with Daniel Goleman, author of the groundbreaking book, Emotional Intelligence, (which changed the way we think about being smart).  Goleman’s recent research on brain science suggests new ways to use our minds to be creative when we need to be, to build rapport more easily, and to stay [...]

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Should Hospitals Be Run By Doctors?

07.15.2011

My vote is a resounding, YES.  My instinct that physicians can and should play a bigger role in leading America’s hospitals was affirmed by researcher Dr. Amanda Goodall.  While the vast majority of hospitals (2009 link) in the U.S. are run by administrators with a background in business (according to a 2009 study), her research [...]

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Partners in Care

05.10.2011

Now is a great time to thank the many talented nurses who serve us each day. National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6th to 12th to highlight the diverse ways America’s 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and improve the health of millions of individuals. Often described as an art and [...]

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A Physician’s Prescription for Self-Care

04.15.2011

When you are so busy taking care of others, does self-care feel selfish? How often do we relegate self-care as something that we do after we’ve taken care of our other “duties”, “responsibilities” and “obligations”? Just for a moment, I invite you to think of self-care in a different way. I invite you to consider that [...]

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How To Align to a Changing Environment

03.09.2011

Our health care environment is changing – fast.  To develop successful strategies for you and your organization requires you to keep a finger on the pulse of the key issues, concerns and developments driving health care.  No easy task – but, Ed O’Neil, Director of the Center for Health Care Professionals, just made it easier [...]

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Using Your Strengths Matters

03.26.2010

“If you want to develop character, you have to identify your strengths and use them over and over again,” says Dr. Peterson, VIA Institute’s Science Director.  The acronym VIA formerly stood for “Values in Action.”  “You can’t cultivate the whole of character, but you certainly can cultivate its components.”  Dr. Peterson states, ”Most of the interventions that [...]

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