Share your ideas
There's a million ways to make medicine better and we want to hear them all. From the political arena of health care reform, to the personal world of what you want and need medicine to be, Share Your Ideas is where you talk and we listen. So, if you have an idea, a question, or advice on what the world of medicine needs to do in order to be better, please share it. And check back often to see if it becomes reality.
January 25, 2010
Karla Salazar | In today's world filled with technology, I am being reminded daily of the different tools available to me to make it easier to keep up with my own health. For example, Google Health is available in which you can fill out your own information and let others securely access it. I still haven't tried it out, but I'm curious to hear from others that use it how it's helped them out???
Or if there are other tools that you know about please let me know. Being a mother of 5, I think something like this would be great to keep up with all of my ... more >>> |
January 21, 2010
james christeck | It appears that the balance of power between the Democrats and the Republicans has changed with the election of Scott Brown. This means that Healthcare will be back to "square one" on the Grand Stage of Politics. To me this would be the ideal time for the Hospitals of America to band together with a United Front and a United Proposal. Let the tail wag the dog, rather than the dog wag his tail in a manner of speaking. My proposal would be for the Government to pick up the un-paid portion of every Hospitals Emergency Room bills and if care is ... more >>> |
January 19, 2010
Emily Carter | Great article worth re-posting here on MMB.org
from @BarnesJewish on Twitter:
Could staring into space and drowsiness be signs of Alzheimer's? Maybe, according to our Dr. James Galvin. http://tinyurl.com/y8qsjtf more >>> |
January 14, 2010
Bret Berigan | Dr. Ravi Uppaluri, surgial nurse Linda Zilch, along with the entire surgical team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital's Center for Advanced medicine and Karen Wheat from his office are all excellent examples of BJC 'making medicine better.' Dr. Uppaluri, from the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, and his team performed surgery on me last week to remove a malignant melanoma tumor from the top of my head and 4 lymph nodes from my neck. Thanks to his advanced surgical skills and know-how I exp... more >>> |
January 12, 2010
Craig Stevens | Still amazed that in today's world I'm expected to wait PATIENTLY in my doctor's office for hours past my APPOINTMENT time without any kind of update or options. It really stinks. If I wanted to be treated like cattle I'd go to a vet. Where by the way I'd probably be treated better. more >>> |
December 10, 2009
james christeck | ON THE GREAT CIRCLE OF LIFE, WE ARE ALL ON A LEARNING CURVE. more >>> |
December 07, 2009
Edward Rpttz | To "make medicine better" the physician should want to see patients quicker in your Emergency Departments. I was at your Christian Hospital Emergency Department with my mother in a room for over 6 hours last month waiting to see the doctor and they never entered the room. The nursing staff was great even the Director stopped in to apologize to me telling me about himself but your doctors are the worst and your hospitals will never get better with them. more >>> |
December 04, 2009
Mike Capizzi | In a brutally honest perspective, hospitals are hotels, are they not? Without sufficient volume (% capacity), they sink. Therefore, I can understand a marketing campaign focusing on how to make medicine better; great, innovation is a key staple - part of being American. However, research shows that upwards of 60% of health care costs fall in the area of "potentially avoidable complications." Much of this waste falls within the hospital setting; for reference, visit www.prometheus.org Shouldn't more dollars, efforts and focus b... more >>> |
December 02, 2009
Nancy LeMaster | We have studied the issue of plastic versus reusable cloth bags and use the plastic bags primarily for safety reasons followed by cost considerations. Linen bags must be liquid proof and able to contain blood and body fluids. Cloth bags that are sturdy enough to meet this requirement are very hard to wash and ensure all traces of blood and fluids have been removed. The cost of the plastic bags is $.12 and we use 1.5 million per year. When you consider the cost of purchasing, replacing and washing cloth bags the cost per use is $.34 and would... more >>> |
November 27, 2009
james christeck | I think High Speed Light Rail could be a big shot in the arm for BJC. (no pun intended) There are many areas in the Midwest and Mid-South that could use access to a State of the Art Medical Center in a timely manner. Not to seem too much like George Jetson but it isn't unreasonable to see a High Speed Train with a "Med-Car" attached, much like the old time Caboose. A Med-Car would be equipped like an Ambulance. As mentioned in a previous Blog, I think the Government could spend our tax dollars much better by building "Super Cl... more >>> |
November 25, 2009
james christeck | As long as we're blogging, I'd like to know how many people think that Video Games are a legitimate Sport. We've had a whole generation to think about it, so what do you think? more >>> |
November 23, 2009
james christeck | I would like to see the Top Management sponsor an Essay Contest on What Sportsmanship means in our daily lives at Home, in the Public, and on the job with our Workmates. I would also like to see them sponsor a seperate Essay Contest as to what they expect of a Leader on the Job on a daily hands on, hour by hour, patient by patient basis. A modest prize of some kind should be attached for winning either contest. Thank you. more >>> |
November 22, 2009
Jason Vander Weele | I'd urge everyone interested in health care reform to read the book "Nudge" by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. The book outlines specific ways companies can improve health care outcomes for patients, and how small changes to the system can result in much better results. Sunstein is currently advising the Obama Administration on ways that the government can "nudge" people to make better choices in medicine. Here's a link to the book: http://www.nudges.org/ I just finished it this afternoon (after hearing a keynot... more >>> |
November 22, 2009
Cary Bynum | Consumer research on patient/doctor relationships ALWAYS addresses the importance for being treated with dignity and respect. It's obviously very important to people that they are treated with dignity and respect...but what does that mean? Anybody got examples or personal definitions of what it means to be treated by your doctor (or any health care provider) with dignity and respect? And what steps do you take when you feel that you are not? more >>> |
November 20, 2009
Brigid O'Brien | Rather than announce patients’ names, I would like pharmacies to have an LED board, where last names could be posted once their Rx is filled. This would allow people to leave the waiting area and know upon their return if their Rx ready. more >>> |
November 18, 2009
james christeck | I have often wondered how many plastic Laundry Bags the BJC Organization uses every year and the closest approximation I can see is that it is in the 10's of thousands. The number has a dollar amount attatched to it for the cost of the bags but has a cost to the Planet as well as Plastic is not Bio-degradable. If A pillow case (used on patient beds) were doubled in size, it would fit all the linen (dirty) on the rest of the bed, including the fitted sheet, flat sheet, pad and blanket. Our dirty Laundry could be "packaged" cheaper a... more >>> |
November 17, 2009
Patt Christie | I'm aghast at the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations that screening for breast cancer tumors should begin at 40, women between 50 and 74 should be screened every two years as opposed to annually, and women 75 and older can avoid the test altogether. Further, doctors should no longer teach women breast self-examination because it serves little benefit. http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/panel-s-mammogram-recommendations-spark-controversy-1.1593180. The potential for overtreatment is driving the new guidelines, says ... more >>> |
November 16, 2009
james christeck | As long as this is a Blog Line and directed toward Health Issues, I would like to share my thoughts for having a happy Life at home and a productive Life on the Job. I believe in Virtue, that said, take out a totally blank sheet of paper and do this little exercise. List every Virtue you can think of on the paper. You should come up with at least fifteen or hopefully more, don't forget Thrift, Resiliency and Application. Once you have listed every Virtue, you should feel better already but just in case you don't, discuss what is or is not a ... more >>> |
November 12, 2009
james christeck | I would like to see Universal Training for all floor level Managers System Wide. That is to say, that they are all trained the same in basics like issues of what is or is not legal to do with an Employee but more importantly that they are trained to be excellent "Micro-Managers". If anyone ever studied the purpose and function of a Football Quarterback he would know that #1 The Quarterback is always on the field with his players and #2 He has excellent Time Management skills and #3 He practices Productive Thinking (he knows what pl... more >>> |
November 12, 2009
james christeck | No doubt many of us know "The Patch" as being good to use when you want to quit smoking. I believe that as time develops, The Patch may have many more worthwhile uses including chronic pain control and even the administration of Vitamins and Nutrients that would maintain daily life itself. To me, much of todays medicine is "maintenance" medicine and anything you can do to make that easier for people is worthwhile to investigate. People would not have to show up as frequently at their Doctors Office, Clinic or our already ... more >>> |
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