Marc's WeblogHealthcare as a system.Pushing the Envelope: Medical Care Outside of the Office- October 18, 2005 My "Idea Summary" for remarks and discussion at the California HealthCare Foundation's Chronic Disease Care Conference. Our future will be determined by how our communities manage chronic medical conditions. Systems supporting chronic care ideally will work throughout a community. This is the scale at which patients experience care through multiple resources, multiple organizations, multiple providers, friends and family. Patients are valuable...http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2005/10/18.html#a492 Patient Involvement on Teams- October 18, 2005 Patient Involvement on Teams: Learning from a Community Collaboration in Whatcom County Considerations: Some healthcare professionals have been tentative or fearful about patient involvement on their teams. They are concerned that patients will be critical of healthcare providers, and expose the soft underbelly of our tenuous healthcare system. But patients are true stakeholders and have proven to be great partnerships in care design and...http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2005/10/18.html#a491 Collaborative Family Health Care Association talks- October 12, 2005 Bill Mahoney and I gave linked presentations at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's Seventh Annual Conference (http:www.cfha.net) on October 9th as the closing plenary speakers. Our presentations can be found by clicking on the following links. Bill is a PhD Sociologist who has been working within PeaceHealth for about seven years and he is focused on how people can dramatically increase their capacity for working collaboratively together. Marc Pierson's...http://www.wwpp.org/users/0000002/2005/10/12.html#a490 |