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The Privilege of Leadership When Michael Polifka and I were planning our practice together, we had many discussions about the “privilege” of practicing medicine. That’s what it’s called when you get “permission” to practice in a hospital — “privileges” to practice. In those long discussions about what we wanted out of our careers, we spoke about the intimacy involved in the conversations and plans we made with patients around their deepest fears and the uncertainties of prognosis, especially with serious disease. It is a privilege to have that degree of trust placed on the doctor-patient relationship. More... The Burpee A while ago, I blogged about the benefits of the push up. I’ve got another exercise for you – the burpee and its many iterations. More...
Posted on: Jun 05 2009, 0 comments
Tags:| burpee| pushup| strength| exercise| Categories:| strength and conditioning| Health| fitness| exercise| Diabetes Classes It's been such a long time since I've written in my blog. There have been many changes here at SVMC. These changes affect many people in good and bad ways. One change that was very sad to me was the loss of our diabetes education department and our outpatient nutrition program. There are many people asking why this happened and what are we going to do about educating our community in regards to healthy nutrition and diabetes. More... Doing The Right Thing for Patients Research shows significant variation in care around the world. How does a doctor decide what tests or procedures should be done for the patient in front of her? And how do we as a society afford to pay the costs that are rising faster than our incomes? More...
Posted on: Jun 01 2009, 0 comments
Tags:| money| hospital| quality| standards of care| tests| treatment| payment| Categories:| Hospital| policy| How to Strengthen Your Hips Recently, I wrote about the benefits of strong hips to decrease the incidence of knee and ankle problems. How about some simple, body weight exercises which can be done to strengthen the hips? More...
Posted on: May 13 2009, 0 comments
Tags:| physical therapy| hips| stability| injury| strength| exercises| Categories:| strength and conditioning| fitness| exercise| Physical Therapy| Local Foods This week starts the kickoff of the changes that Nutrition and Dining is making to bring us more local produce. Starting on Tuesday, the ground beef will all be 'local' beef from a farm in New Hampshire. It is all 90% lean and hopefully those who try it will enjoy it. I'm hoping that with this new initiative, we'll be able to get to some of the farms we are buying our produce and meats from. More... Avoiding Stress Eating Right now, this is a stressful time for many of us. With all of this stress comes the task of finding a way to deal with this stress. Many people seek food in a time like this. Unfortunately, food makes us feel good only for a little while. After overeating, the stress is still there, and nothing has been solved. More...
Posted on: May 08 2009, 0 comments
Tags:| nutrition| stress| overeating| Categories:| Hospital| personal| Health| |
