The new normal? No white coat during Video Visits! (c) CT Lin Executive Summary: We have a global pandemic, daily policy changes, we work from home, have new video tech, and we are learning to communicate and build relationships in new ways. It is easy to forget that there may be a scared patient on … Continue reading EHR v Covid-19. Video Visits: How to Improve the Patient Experience
Category: Mindfulness / Wellness
Take a breath! and try JOMO during our pandemic
from esteemed colleague George Reynolds, former CIO and CMIO I was chatting with an informatics colleague last week, mentioning that our family had spent some time in Utah recently. He sent me this photo he had taken in Utah recently. Beautiful, no? Are you taking care of yourself? It looks like we are in this … Continue reading Take a breath! and try JOMO during our pandemic
Has the smartphone destroyed a generation? (Atlantic)
Bowling Alone or Kicking in Groups? Wellness concerns…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f5/Bowling_Alone.jpg/220px-Bowling_Alone.jpg I'm part of WellDOM, the Wellness initiative within the Department of Medicine at University of Colorado. As such, I continue to support the idea of Sprints, the way we boost physician and team efficiency and effectiveness using the Electronic Health Record. However, we know that a large part of physician burnout and wellness have … Continue reading Bowling Alone or Kicking in Groups? Wellness concerns…
AMA Joy in Medicine recognizes – University of Colorado School of Medicine
https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/ama-honors-22-organizations-commitment-cutting-doctor-burnout We are honored to be among the organizations awarded the inaugural Joy in Medicine honor. We applaud the AMA for standing up a framework that all healthcare organizations can pursue, to ensure that the work-life balance of physicians is considering in the coming topsy-turvy days of healthcare. Physician burnout is a national epidemic, with … Continue reading AMA Joy in Medicine recognizes – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Giving Advice? How to do it right (NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/smarter-living/how-to-give-better-advice.html I love this: giving advice is often not giving advice. This Zen statement is not about Zen. Our physician informatics credo emphasizes relationships . "We improve physician and team wellness and effectiveness by building extraordinary relationships and innovative tools." Extraordinary Relationships come from excellent communication. Excellent communication comes from listening well. Listening well comes … Continue reading Giving Advice? How to do it right (NYTimes)
NYTimes Magazine travelogue photos (Shinrin-yoku, and take a breath)
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2019/09/20/mag-voyages-new/assets/images/29mag-airport-07-2000.jpg from NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/24/magazine/adventure-archive-photos.html Is this goofing off, or is this about personal resilience? Like the idea of "forest bathing" (youtube) or shinrin-yoku, I seek out opportunities during the day to pause and reflect, and walk where there are trees. Sometimes this ends up being an online article with lots of nature photos 🙁 . … Continue reading NYTimes Magazine travelogue photos (Shinrin-yoku, and take a breath)
How to Actually Focus on What You’re Doing (NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/smarter-living/how-to-actually-truly-focus-on-what-youre-doing.html?fallback=0&recId=1FoFA4ZbwDjcgLl7oXMDdaxx8CA&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CO&recAlloc=home&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-living-vi&imp_id=774996116&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage Cal Newport interviewed in the NYT In the blizzard of our daily work and internal and external pressures, maybe think of putting the blizzard aside at times, and focusing on Deep Work (which I reviewed previously) or pursuing ONE Thing (also previously reviewed). Sometimes it takes a second or third exposure (or many more) … Continue reading How to Actually Focus on What You’re Doing (NYTimes)
Time Poverty (HBR)
https://hbr.org/cover-story/2019/01/time-for-happiness This is a 'wow' moment. We may pursue wealth as we scramble up the corporate ladder, but we may all experience time poverty. What is the trade off? We don't usually see our lives as comprised NOT ONLY of the wealth we pursue, but also the precious minutes that pass WHILE we delay gratification, … Continue reading Time Poverty (HBR)
Time management regret? (NYTimes) Work-life (im)balance? Start now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/smarter-living/overcoming-time-management-regret.html?fallback=0&recId=1KjEgxqEMZ43DlRilKDiGr0pGin&locked=1&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CO&recAlloc=home&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-living-vi&imp_id=295343041&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage We can all benefit from reminders. And self-forgiveness. And taking a single step, (or creating the "next action") as David Allen says in his book "Getting things Done (book summarizing video)." Atomic Habits (book summarizing video) is another book with similar suggestions. There are a growing number of books, articles, videos dedicated to this … Continue reading Time management regret? (NYTimes) Work-life (im)balance? Start now.