Engaging patients differs depending on the role. Those on national Boards lead, strategize, advocate, communicate. Adam Thompson is on the Board of NQF. Listen in. Proem As a nurse, I studied individual health. Then I became a student of organizational health. That led me to management and leadership — all with…

Not about walking miles & managing shoes. My training includes mobility and audiovisual prep. Bear with my experiment. Podcast, YouTube, & article. A bit rough. Proem In the background, you hear my wheelchair as I train for our 200-kilometer Portugal’s north coast to western Spain hike coming up soon. I feel…

Decision aids with Dr. Daniel Matlock. Complexity of decisions, agency of decision-makers, timing, the black box, answering questions as they arise. Proem Welcome to another installment in my series on medical decision-making. I doubt this series will ever end. How can it? Our experiments of one or societal experiments of medical…

Can grasping risk adjustment contribute to a profound understanding of health inequities and motivate action to improve? Whaaattt are you talking about, you ask? As I write this episode, I’m preparing to join an NQF (National Quality Forum) Risk Adjustment Special Populations focus group. Understanding health disparities through measurement and…

Rare diseases as a health equity group. Rare doesn’t mean never. Commonalities & differences.Learning from tiny populations. Chat with Doug Lindsay. Proem For twenty-five years, physicians diagnosed my periodic episodes of fainting, falling, disorientation as cardiac. Eventually, in my 50s, I learned I had multiple Sclerosis, not cardiac disease — repeated…

Data is not info is not action. Data, cooked into Info could lead to action. People add context, values, culture, experiences, history, biases to data and info. Proem Sometimes I feel absolutely disgusted with the hubris of academic research. How did we ever get to the place where we’re satisfied when…

Healthcare decisions affect you and others. Complicated for everyone. Knowledge waiting to be implemented. Join this chat with Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz. Proem The COVID pandemic highlights the impact of our choices about health and habits on ourselves and each other as well as the impact of others’ choices on us. Think…

I found myself on a pilgrimage of sounds. Disabled. Left out. Mobile. Podcasting in Spain from my wheelchair in 2019. Portugal Camino next. Anything different? Buen Camino Proem As I gear up for another international adventure, I feel my aging, disabled, optimistic, fearful white man of privilege self. Our insanely successful…

The odyssey of sustained community engagement at Cambridge Health Alliance with Janice John and Jamila Xible. Cross-pollination of expertise and employment. Proem Welcome to the eleventh episode in Health Hats’ community engagement series. I’m fascinated with communities that gather to solve a problem, their problem. I tune my ears to such…