https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/opinion/brain-mind-cognition.html This is awesome in several ways (read the article, link above). Having a "creative desk" full of glue, scissors, sticky notes, colored pens is always better when designing something. Once done, you can move to your computer and finish it at your "publishing desk". This research tells you why (you can think outside … Continue reading How to Think Outside Your Brain (NYTimes.com)
Learning to write a gratitude letter is worthy exercise, for both the writer and the recipient. There are surprises here ...
https://sive.rs/dive This is beautiful, a quick 2 minute read, and encapsulates panic, emotion, involuntary roles, leadership, surprise.
How can tea improve clinical decision support? How does it help change organizations? Are you kidding?
Hollowed out clay makes a pot. Where the pot's not Is where its useful.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/well/mind/breathe-exhale-repeat-the-benefits-of-controlled-breathing.html I know many patients, colleagues, (and also I, myself) can benefit from this reminder. Take a minute and do this now. And maybe STOP DOOMSCROLLING and go outside (I'm going to shovel some snow), or read a physical book, or at least move away from a screen for awhile.
Yes. Yes, we did.
Here is the "burr in my sock" or "pebble in my shoe" that bad EHR design can become. In another context, this is can be beautiful.
Inbasket Hyperobject: hard to grasp, even harder to cut down in size.
Here we are 19+ months into the pandemic. Time to look at our (unvalidated) trends within our 12 hospital, 1000 clinic health system in Colorado. Top (blue) line indicates outpatient visit volume monthly from Sept 2019 through Sept 2021. Over 2 years, we saw that dramatic dip in volume in March. That was followed by … Continue reading The pandemic, patient messages and phone calls: Octopus or Starfish?