December 2009

Journey Home

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 23, 2009

Home is wherever there is unconditional love and compassion, warmth and understanding, acceptance and forgiveness. As I sit back on my flight home, I reflect on the gifts that have been given to our positive eye family: the gift of friendships deep and rich, and I believe. I believe in humanity and the incredible power [...]

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Good Enough

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 8, 2009

Ouch. With all good intentions, I think that the “naughties” took over during the start of the holiday season.  Flying the friendly skies from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City on Nov. 21, I felt a sense of overwhelming trepidation: the “HOLIDAYS” had officially begun.   How was I going to make it through one week [...]

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Emergence of Social Media in Health Care

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 6, 2009

One of the first banners I saw as I entered the IHI Forum had a blue Twitter bird logo with instructions to “follow” the hash tag #IHI09. By placing this hash tag in messages posted or “tweeted” on Twitter, your messages shows up in a search of folks communicating about the Forum and its content. [...]

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Making the Improvement Journey More Accessible

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 6, 2009

This morning’s Faculty/Staff Mindwalk at the 21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, included an introduction of the IHI Improvement Map by Maureen Bisognano, Executuve VP and COO at IHI. The map is a free online resource for hospitals to sift through the best available knowledge on key process improvements to enhance [...]

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