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Patty Skolnik’s Medical Awakening Story
I was a social worker for many years, and worked in a medical clinic doing short-term intervention counseling, before moving on to the corporate world. But nothing in my life would prepare me for the loss of our only child after his sudden exposure to a very broken medical system. Michael was 22 when he…
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Approach – Patients’ View Institute
We derive meaning from your stories and amplify your collective voice. Stories are powerful. They connect hearts and minds. Studies show we’re wired to remember stories much more than data, facts and figures. The Challenge But the challenge is to make stories live and get everyone to read or watch them, derive meaning from them,…
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Julie Cupp’s Story: Dignifying Dementia
Julie’s “call to action” came when the independent living facility where her parents were staying claimed that they were no longer able to care for her father, because they felt that his dementia deemed him a suicide risk. While Julie knew her father did not want to cause himself harm, she took it upon herself…
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Can a Small Group of Powerful Women Help Fix Health Care?
Margaret Thatcher “If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” So said Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s former Prime Minister. Apparently she was as unconcerned about dissing her male colleagues as she was fearless in leveraging her talent and intelligence to accomplish great things. Joanne Conroy, MD brought…
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Libby Hoy’s Medical Awakening Story
“I’m sorry, Mrs. Hoy, I wish we had better news for you, but we don’t expect your baby to make it through the night.” Devastation. Loss. Fear. Guilt. Panic. Confusion. Emotions bombarded me in those first few moments of my second son’s life. We were expecting a healthy baby, not the one who stopped breathing…
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Our Vets Deserve So Much More
In my more naive days as a patient safety and engagement advocate, I believed our wounded veterans might fix health care. Or at least, as we justly built new devices, systems and housing to heal and restore their torn bodies and scarred psyches, new levels of transparency, efficiency and function might carry over to our…
