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How To Set Yourself Up for Success in 2012 – and beyond

01.20.2012

Is What You Want So Precious You Can’t Even Speak the Words? Have you had that experience?  I sure have.  When what I want is so important, so sacred, that I can’t even get the words out of my mouth, it’s usually because what I really want is a stretch for me and I have [...]

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Physician Stress Underestimated

12.13.2011

Physicians report, in a new study by Physician Wellness Services (PWS) and Cejka Search, that because of the levels of stress in their lives they feel decreasing job satisfaction, less productive, more irritable, moody, angry, hostile and tired, have more conflicts at home and at work and worry about the decisions they make that may [...]

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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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How To Create More Choice In Your Life

08.18.2011

Stop and Cut the Gladiolas
 This week we are experiencing a week of steady 80 degree temperatures. My mind wanders to fantasizing about how to squeeze all the things I love about summer into the next 6-8 weeks. Mind you, I am not complaining – as I much prefer the slow arrival of summer in [...]

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How To Coach Yourself To Better Self-Care

08.03.2011

For weeks I have been extra-focused on delivering results – meeting client needs, publisher deadlines – all while recovering from several painless, yet invasive, medical procedures.  Yesterday, I hit a brick wall of fatigue that resulted in my feeling overwhelmed, inadequate and not capable of making a real difference to anyone.  All the evidence points [...]

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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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Power is Not a Dirty Word

06.09.2011

Health care, immigration, education, tax law, real estate….all current areas of reform.  Many of us complain that the “powers that be” are not doing enough.  These complex issues are hard to solve and the answer is usually not immediately apparent. Good solutions unfold over time as the various stakeholders and perspectives begin to interact. And [...]

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How Physicians Can Influence Administrators To Get Things Done

05.26.2011

Alignment is the catch-all term used to describe a myriad of business relationships, organizational structures and shared cultures – all geared toward bringing hospitals and physicians into one line that is coordinated and accountable.  With the healthcare sector’s rising share of the economy expected to reach 19.3% of the GDP by the end of the [...]

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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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3 Themes of Focus in Health Care Reform

03.18.2011

Two bills were passed into law by President Obama – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act. How do you make good decisions around health care reform when the laws are passed but the regulatory rules are pending? Educated guesses seem to be the best answer. At [...]

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