Constant access to handheld technology continues to force a discussion about attention and mindfulness. Not new, necessarily, but increasingly important. I’ve been digging into attention and presence recently. Here are a few interesting bits I discovered this week. Links are on the blue subheading. How I Got My Attention Back | Backchannel In a meandering piece on ... Continue Reading about Attention and Mindfulness | Some curated readings
The Health Language Police
Check out 7 Shaming Words to Stop Saying Now. Right Now over on KevinMD. Policing language has emerged as a cottage industry. When you make contrarian declarations people look. And where there’s attention there’s money. There’s nothing like a little outrage to drive page views. This capacity to proclaim right and wrong comes from our ability to publish. When we ... Continue Reading about The Health Language Police
Are Hospitals Responsible for What Doctors Say?
The question’s important because it wasn’t long ago that doctors couldn’t say much. They could publish only in filtered places where the barrier to publication was high. Now publication is a button (credit Clay Shirky). You can’t control what someone publishes any more than you can control what they say. And with the immediacy and availability of modern ... Continue Reading about Are Hospitals Responsible for What Doctors Say?
Lessons from the Cleveland Clinic Vaccine Debacle
This week saw the anti-vaccine rant of Cleveland Clinic executive physician, Daniel Neides. Taking to the public space to air his ignorance of basic vaccine science, he met the wrath of a vibrant community of public physicians. Eric Boodman at STATnews did a nice job covering the details. Here are a few takeaways: Every health care professional is the voice of his ... Continue Reading about Lessons from the Cleveland Clinic Vaccine Debacle
Backchannel – The Vanishing Conversation at Meetings
The Twitter conversation happening at medical meetings used to be called the backchannel. Chatter in those spaces was once a trivial thing. I don't hear the term so much at big meetings. It’s moving closer to the front. And for good reason. When you go to ASCO how can you argue that Twitter is anything less important that the hallway dialog? Our digital and IRL ... Continue Reading about Backchannel – The Vanishing Conversation at Meetings
5 Reasons Hospital Administrators Should be Visible on Social Media
I caught this picture in my Twitter stream not long ago. It shows some of the leadership of the Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus in Katy, Texas donning flag capes in preparation for an late shift employee town hall. When was the last time your hospital leadership raised their game in the spirit of Captain America...then published it? This is remarkable ... Continue Reading about 5 Reasons Hospital Administrators Should be Visible on Social Media