RWL Newsletter #19

Greetings and happy Friday! This week's theme is activation. Patient activation, wisdom activation, and organizational activation. I confess, that might be a little bit of a stretch, but not too much. I hope you enjoy!


Read

What: from the HBR, Patients Make Better Medical Choices with Coaching by Jeff Balkora

https://hbr.org/2016/11/patients-make-better-medical-choices-with-coaching

Why: One of the big themes we talked about at the annual NNEAHE meeting was patient advocacy (and patient activation). It's a theme that needs to be taken seriously if we want to reduce medical spending. End of life care still represents a huge cost to our system, especially Medicare. From the article: "Recent studies indicate that informed and involved patients are at lower risk for being undertreated or overtreated. And doctors generally express higher satisfaction after consultations with well-prepared patients." I think that's true, within parameters - i.e., what does "well-prepared" mean? Probably not just Googling on your own.

Watch

What: TEDMED, Dr. Dilip Jeste, Seeking Wisdom in Greying Matter http://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=526815

Why: A few weeks ago I made arrangements with one of our alumnae, who is an administrator for a family-owned nursing home, to provide a tour for our students. Unfortunately, I had to miss the tour myself because of some meetings that came up. So I'm sharing this talk about finding wisdom in aging. Can we find where wisdom is located in the brain? Will we be able to artificially increase the amount of wisdom? Fun to think about.


Listen

What: Health Leader Forge interview with Christopher Callahan, VP of Human Resources for Exeter Health Resources

http://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2016/11/christopher-m-callahan-vp-of-hr-exeter.html

Why: My latest health leader interview. I return to Exeter Health Resources to talk with their VP of HR. I had previously interviewed their CEO, Kevin Callahan (no relation to Chris). Chris has 35 years of experience not only in HR, but in healthcare HR, having served in a number of hospitals and hospital systems before coming to Exeter. This is a great interview for an early careerist to listen to because we talk about a wide variety of issues in HR, from labor relations to staffing to working with managers and coaching leaders. In particular, how can HR help activate an organization?
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Thanks for reading and see you next week!

Mark

Mark J. Bonica, Ph.D., MBA, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
(603) 862-0598
mark.bonica@unh.edu
Health Leader Forge Podcast: http://healthleaderforge.org
Twitter: @bonicatalent

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau