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A Practical Lesson on Values and Culture
One of the most important lessons I learned was that I had to stop trying to create a culture. Instead, hiring the right people, putting core values in place and incorporating rewards and recognition against those core values are key to building a strong organizational culture.
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Improving Sepsis Care: “It’s Déjà Vu, All over Again”
After more than thirty years of clinical trials, enrolling thousands of patients and spending millions of dollars, we have yet to find a successful novel and specific therapy aimed at treating sepsis. However, a promising future is ahead…
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Navigating Religion and Science in the ICU
“We believe in God.” This is a frequent response by patients’ family members to my team and me in the intensive care unit after we explain to them that, despite everything we have done, the disease ravaging their loved one may likely take his life.
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Meaningful Work
Having left Cleveland in July of 2000, one of the meccas of tertiary healthcare in the US, I ventured west with my wife and newborn […]
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Scaling up Physician-Led, Collaborative Quality Improvement (Part 1/4)
Evidence of uneven quality in the US health care system is well established. Everyone knows the greatest hits. The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care (1995) […]
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Seek First to Understand
I travel a lot for work. The trick is to find a way to weave your interests into the travel. Some like to run and […]
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The Acute Care Episode Begins with the ED
As emergency medicine physicians, we have always understood our role in assessing and stabilizing patients. It’s been at the heart of our acute care mission […]