Patients, care partners & clinicians can reduce record errors with collaborative notes. Dr. Peter Elias shares his note-writing with collaborative partners. Proem Expecting an error-free medical record seems unreasonable — too many opportunities, too many forces, too many players, too many perspectives. Not having error prevention and correction hardwired into our…

How can medical document errors become easy to fix, everywhere the error lives, & fit in the workflow? Virginia Lorenzi and HL7’s Patient Empowerment Workgroup. Proem My father died when he was 45 of his second heart attack. I have multiple sclerosis. These don’t seem connected. Heart disease is hereditary, but…

An epidemic of burnout among health workers. Learn about the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s solutions 6 pillars and 3 teaching axioms from Dr. Robyn Tiger. Proem On the second day of my first management gig as nurse manager of an ICU, I noticed that staff nurses seldom took breaks (bathroom…

From Here to There: Accessibility on the Camino de Santiago Managing rural and urban travel on the Camino de Santiago with my set of abilities. Roots, dips, inclines, Roman roads, elevators. falls. We did 170 miles (I did 70). A hoot and a half. I’m back. What an adventure along the coast of Portugal and Spain to Santiago de Compostela…

Heading to Portugal. Ready. Listen to last episode from ’19 Spanish Camino. Sounds of tapping of my canes, white storks, cathedral bells chiming. Stay tuned. Proem I’m getting ready to go on a pilgrimage to Portugal and Spain. It’s the Camino de Santiago. And for those of you who’ve been following…

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…