December 2008
10 posts
“If you’ve got really smart people who are all focused on the same mission,...”
– Barack Obama - Time Magazine’s 2008 Person of the Year
Saint Thomas mission chief moves on to fill new... →
It was a telephone call with Sr. Mary Kay in the summer of 2006 that got me started on my path to becoming a mission leader.
To loosely paraphrase Thomas Merton, as I walk through the halls of my hospital, I imagine all the mission leaders who have prayed me to where I am today.
Sr. Mary Kay was the one that called me here.
In A Hospital, There's No Monopoly On Prayer →
My dad sent me this link today with the following recommendation.
If you haven’t heard this yet, you must listen. A very profound story with implications for what you learn and who you listen to in the hospital.
Bush Administration Adds 'Conscience' Rule on... →
“This rule protects the right of medical providers to care for their patients in accord with their conscience,” Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said in a press release. It says hospitals, pharmacies and other entities [that - sic] be charged with discrimination and lose federal funds if they pressure employees to take part in treatments to which they object on religious or moral...
New measure would set charity levels for... →
While it’s not clear what the charity care requirements would be, Grassley has endorsed the notion that non-profits should spend at least 5 percent of their patient revenue on charity care.
Medical director receives degree in bioethics from... →
Hello, All!
Welcome to all readers of Running A Hospital!
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you know that I’m a fan of Paul Levy’s blog. I read it regularly and link to it often.
This week, the blogging CEO linked to this very blog - Running a hospital: Here’s who’s following and how.
Thanks, Mr. Levy!
FYI: The post that has gotten the most action on this blog is...
Dignitas Personae - CHA Talking Points →
The brand new bioethics document from the Congregation for the Docrine of the Faith.
Full Text - CDF
Summary - CDF
The Six Habits of Highly Respectful Physicians -... →
This checklist would be good for anyone walking into a patient room.
Ask permission to enter the room; wait for an answer.
Introduce yourself; show your ID badge.
Shake hands.
Sit down. Smile if appropriate.
Explain your role on the health care team.
Ask how the patient feels about being in the hospital.
(via) CHA Daily News - membership required