15th Anniversary Celebration for Guardian Nurses

Guardian Nurses celebrated its 15th year of improving patient outcomes and lowering healthcare costs with an anniversary party on November 10 in Philadelphia. For the 250 guests, it was a rollicking good time: a blue-and-orange signature cocktail, multiple food...

If I Win the Lottery

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot, as of this writing, is valued at $1.6 BILLION dollars.  That is A-L-O-T of money any way you slice it even after Uncle Sam takes his share. At a recent lunch, two friends and I were musing what we would do with “all that...

The Pose

Have you ever noticed the ‘pose’ that alot of doctors, hospital administrators, and ok, alot of business people strike in photos?  You know—the one where the person is standing up, facing the camera with both arms crossed in front of them, and...

The Men, The Mission and Me.

I was reading an article this morning that said, “Healthcare organizations need to focus more than ever on patient-centered care. Patient satisfaction metrics will play a bigger role in reimbursements as healthcare reform progresses.” Hmmm, I thought,...

“The Knick” Helps Me Appreciate Health Care Today

If you want to appreciate how far medicine and nursing have come in the last century, watch a few episodes of Cinemax’s “The Knick” starring Clive Owen.  Just when I had gotten through watching PBS’s “Call the Midwife” along came a...

TV Should Be Relaxing, Right?

If you want to appreciate how far medicine and nursing have come in the last century, watch a few episodes of Cinemax’s “The Knick” starring Clive Owen.  Just when I had gotten through watching PBS’s “Call the Midwife” along came a...