One of our book club books, for the 'clinical decision support' team for the electronic health record at our institution. We have now read it in our Large PIG book club meeting (the Physician Informatics Group: we try hard not to take ourselves too seriously). Some of us were depressed after reading. The initial optimism … Continue reading The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr (book review)
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“What is a Large PIG”? or, How to set up a Physician Champion for success during a hospital EHR go-live. Guest Post by Jonathan Pell MD
UCHealth, like many other health systems, are extending their EHR network to affiliate hospitals and facilities. Whether a hospital is coming from a paper charting system or from a different EHR, there is dramatic culture change for independent physicians as they get ready to adopt the system-wide EHR. Here are some challenges presented by physicians … Continue reading “What is a Large PIG”? or, How to set up a Physician Champion for success during a hospital EHR go-live. Guest Post by Jonathan Pell MD
Book review: the Chemist
Three stars? Four? I have never been a Twilight fan (and proud to say it). But Stephanie Meyer is on to a new heroine now, the Chemist. How interesting that it interleaves with my current TV series obsession "Breaking Bad." My wife and I are powering through season 4, maybe 5 by the time I … Continue reading Book review: the Chemist
Book review: Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
https://www.amazon.com/Born-Crime-Stories-African-Childhood/ Trevor is someone I only know from his hosting the Daily Show on Comedy Central. He is hilarious, insightful and holds up an incisive mirror to America by being from another culture, by being from South Africa. Now he brings us along through his hilarious and also terrible childhood and growth into adulthood. One memory … Continue reading Book review: Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
Book review: Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
Five stars. I have wanted to read this book for decades. Now, with my emphasis on reading consistently (both via Audible.com and in print, but alas only rarely on my Kindle app or Kindle device that my son discarded), I'm finally making progress on that enormous mountain of backlogged titles. I love coming home, seeing … Continue reading Book review: Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
Book review: The Art of Storytelling: from parents to professionals. The Great Courses
This is the first Great course that I have listened to. Yes, I’m like all of you. I’m proudest of those ‘important books’ on my bookshelf that I read during high school and college, and always aspire to buy and read more, but ... there never seems to be enough time to CATCH UP ON … Continue reading Book review: The Art of Storytelling: from parents to professionals. The Great Courses
NYTimes: Power of Positive People
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/well/the-power-of-positive-people.html This is perfectly aligned with what I've been thinking recently. This combines ideas from a couple of books we've been reading: Nudge by Richard Thaler (a future book review), and another book on my to-read shelf: Connected, by Nicholas Christakis. Nudge talks about how small changes in our environment, often something we can design … Continue reading NYTimes: Power of Positive People
Book Review: The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Four stars. I'm surprised of never hearing about this book, now in a 25th Anniversary edition. By Paulo Coelho, it is a well-told parable of the journey of a young man who loves to travel, and seeks his treasure, based on a recurring dream, at the pyramids of Egypt, a continent away. I'm not an … Continue reading Book Review: The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
Book review: Spaceman – Mike Massamino
Mike (his NASA colleagues call him 'Mass' and so will I) is an amazing storyteller. If you read this book, maybe consider getting it on Audible.com, as ‘Mass’ narrates his own words and journey. Mass’s New York accent is working class-cool and fits right in with ‘The Right Stuff.’ But, instead of death-defying Air Force … Continue reading Book review: Spaceman – Mike Massamino
On Master Cleanse (or, is CT Lin crazy?)
Thanks to @ToddMeier, one of my IT colleagues at UCHealth. He explained to me the benefits of periodic modified fasting. This discussion put me on to watching a documentary about the Science of Fasting on YouTube, and then of course reading the book "Master Cleanser". https://www.amazon.com/Master-Cleanser-Stanley-Burroughs/dp/1607966077/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1530113549&sr=8-1&keywords=master+cleanse+book Of course, I do not subscribe to non-medical claims … Continue reading On Master Cleanse (or, is CT Lin crazy?)