Health Education
Physician Innovators: Empowered to Change Healthcare
Physician innovators empowered to solve problems are key to meaningful change in healthcare. They understand the issues because they deal...
Health Education
Health Education
Rich Carmona: From High School Dropout to Surgeon General
Dr. Rich Carmona told his story to a crowd of 350 healthcare providers at Xerox’s Midas+ Annual Symposium in May 2016. I...
Health Education
Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons Can Be Life Savers
I turned the corner and there it was. The Death Star, as locals call it, because it’s star-shaped, imposing, and...
Health Education
The Anatomy of a Good Doctor
What is the anatomy of a good doctor? How can you find a physician who heals with the head, heart, hands, and...
Health Education
A Successful Healthcare Consultant Needs These 10 Traits
Between a complex regulatory climate, aging baby boomer population, and technological pressures, healthcare providers large and small face mounting challenges....
Health Education
The Value of Presence
Zhuo came with a self-assured attitude, lots of stories and several films under her belt. I had volunteered to host...
Health Education
Evolution of the Hippocratic Oath and Medical Ethics
“Do no harm” is the phrase people most associate with the Hippocratic Oath, but nowhere does the document say these exact...
Health Education
Using Storytelling & Narrative to Develop Empathy In Medical Students
What is occurring during medical training across the country that would make students feel increasingly less empathy for the patients...
Health Education
The Moral Dilemma of Learning Medicine from the Poor
When I was a medical student, some of my free-clinic patients died of treatable conditions. The clinic was in Southeast...