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Board Meeting Minutes November 1, 2016

Participants: Mandy Bishop, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, John Hoben, Sarah Krug, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Jonathan Wald, Ken Yale, Peggy Zuckerman Minutes approved New Board members Danny introduced new two board members Mandy Bishop and Ken Yale. Their...

From The SPM President

Hi all, While November brings a time of momentous change in our country, on a much smaller scale, I want to mark some notable events the Society can feel good about and celebrate! The Board approved a new technology platform to simplify and improve the...

The Relationship Is What Drives Decisions

In my specific role in healthcare, there is no better example of relationship-centered care than in the decision-making that both physician and patient face in dissecting the incomprehensible dilemmas of prostate cancer screening and prostate cancer treatments. In...

Personalized Medical Care: The Carrier’s Vision

For insurance carriers, relationships have historically focused on three key stakeholders: rate payers, brokers and clinicians. Commercial carriers have moved from being primarily fiduciary intermediaries to playing a more pivotal role in the health and lives of...

Innovating Around the Patient and Clinician Encounter

The definition of relationship-centered care that I have seen quoted as “care in which all participants appreciate the importance of their relationships with one another” resonates with me.  It resonates because making that concept a reality requires empathy.  The...

Relationship Centered Care

Recently there has been a rebirth of the notion of relationship-centered care as a meaningful way of creating real and positive outcomes, utilizing all the tools available to the entire care team (including you, the patient).  This November issue of our newsletter...

Relationship-Centered Care and Nurse Practitioners

As a nurse practitioner (NP) who was responsible for the care of active duty and retired military members for more than a decade, the importance of relationship-centered care became exceptionally clear. NPs are educated and clinically trained to care for the whole...

Executive Committee Minutes, October 18, 2016

Participants: Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Jon Wald, Peggy Zuckerman. Minutes Approved Conference Receptions We held a successful reception at Health 2.0 and gained three new members and one corporate sponsor at the event.  We are...

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