Health Care
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What We Can Do
The HMO was a good idea in theory. In practice, it would appear it has been a disaster for the well being of millions of innocent patients. Continue reading
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Seeing “Sicko”
There are lots of forgettable films out there in theaters. You will not be able to forget the images and the message in “Sicko.” At the end of the story, the crowd in the theater gave the film a standing… Continue reading
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Open Forum on Loving Care
Today, the Journal extends an invitation to readers to respond to the question: Who has provided the best example for you of how to give loving care and how did they demonstrate this? Click on "Comment," or… Continue reading
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Mission Fraud!
Hospitals and charities that are wise enough to ground their services in radical loving care have nothing to fear from government programs or public opinion. American healthcare stands at a fork int he road – and they need to take… Continue reading
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Safety
Today offers an opportunity to pray for those caught in this turbulence of hate, children and adults alike. It is also an opportunity to recognize the caregivers who devote their lives to helping. Continue reading
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Touch Card Breakthroughs: Parrish Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Hospital, St. Joe’s Home Health
Congratulations to Parrish, Mercy Gilbert, and St. Joe’s Home Health Services on being the first three organizations in the United States to implement the Touch Card program. How lucky to be caregiver at such an organization – and even to… Continue reading
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Guest Meditation: The Challenge of Persistence
Churchill understood the power of language. What words will we use “to awaken persistence when the souls around us are ready to surrender? What is our ability to motivate when people around us believe their lives are nothing but a… Continue reading
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How Story Circles Change Culture
These are the kinds of questions that focus attention (and therefore energy) on the nature of loving care. As staff hear each other discussing these things, they discover something remarkable – the organization is focusing on caregiving. Every time a… Continue reading
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Understanding
The Four Relationships central to Radical Loving Care: Between caregivers and patients, caregivers and each other, caregivers and leaders, and caregivers with themselves, are all grounded in communication that signals respect between the parties. We all have the ability to… Continue reading
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Dreaming & Doing
That year I heard words like significance, passion and persistence. These were among the words that our then new CEO, Erie Chapman, spoke to the leadership team at Baptist Hospital. The vision being offered was of a place where bringing… Continue reading
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