by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | Jan 15, 2025
For decades, policymakers, CEOs, politicians, doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, caregivers, and anyone who’s been a patient inside or outside a hospital has known one simple fact — the US healthcare system is broken. Every other first world country has...
by Mary Hennings | Dec 30, 2024
The news cycle is moving on, but the killing of Brian Thompson was awful, no matter how one feels about the shortcomings of the American health care system. In a recent New York Times opinion piece, Andrew Witty, president of the UnitedHealth Group, wrote that no one...
by Eric Bersh | Apr 6, 2024
To implement successful change you must, unequivocally, understand the culture of the environment you are looking to change. Culture and change management are inextricably connected. Culture is a made up of a series of repeated, engrained, and expected behaviors and,...
by e-Patient Dave | Mar 29, 2024
Guest post by long-time SPM member Tracy Zervakis. Participatory medicine involves professionals and patients working together to get healthcare done. When a treatment plan is agreed and chosen, the best outcome obviously requires carrying out the plan – but...
by Eric Bersh | Mar 28, 2024
I have a confession to make: I’m not always an effective advocate for my own care. It’s probably helpful for me to put this into context. I have been working in and around healthcare organizations for more than 25 years. I’m a researcher by trade, and worked with...
by Eric Bersh | Aug 28, 2023
From shared-decision making, patient-centered care and value-based care to common technology innovations, healthcare players often describe how we aspire healthcare to be in concepts, buzzwords, branding and what has become common lexicon mentioned in conversations...
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