December 2010

Measure Hunting: Breaching Barriers of Patient-Friendly Design

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 30, 2010

Today I received a copy of EMS World (formally Emergency Medical Services magazine). On pages 108 and 109 is a great article by John Erich, Associate Editor entitled Measure Hunting: Breaching Barriers of Patient-Friendly Design. John sat in on a talk I did at the 2010 Pinnacle EMS Forum sharing the results of my doctoral [...]

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The Stout Archives for EMS

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 30, 2010

As an undergraduate student studying emergency health services (EHS) management, I was exposed to the work of EMS consultant Jack Stout and a series of articles he authored in the Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) in the 1980s and 90s. Mr. Stout has long been retired and I sadly have never met him, but [...]

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Giving

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on December 24, 2010

Giving by Constance French Senior Vice President for the Oregon Health & Science University Foundation   Why make a charitable gift?  The funds you give could easily be deployed for your own enjoyment – a ski trip, a night on the town, a new designer sofa, that Aston Martin you have long had your eye [...]

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