The Duty of Foresight - Part II

How can you look into the future and think about how current innovations might affect the practice of medicine over the next ten years. In the second of a four part series, I talk about principles and practices of looking into the future with a hat tip to Jeff DeCagna of Principled Innovations for his talk at the AAMSE conference.

The Duty of Foresight - Part I

Most board members know they need to practice the duty of care, loyalty and obedience to their organizations mission statement. But what about the duty of foresight? In the first of a four part series, I talk about principles and practices of looking into the future with a hat tip to Jeff DeCagna of Principled Innovations for his talk at the AAMSE conference.

Honoring Choices #4 - Being Mortal Review

Honoring Choices #4 - Being Mortal

In this final episode I review what is, according to one local nursing home medical director, "the most important book on end-of-life care since Elisabeth Kübler-Ross." Being Mortal, a NY Times best seller by Dr. Atul Gawande, dives deep into the issues around advanced care planning, hospice care, the limitations of medicine, and difficult decisions as the body comes to its end.