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[icontact: Top Health Community Articles] FP Revolution Volume 2 Number 10 May 5, 2008: The 'Big Dots' (system-level measures of performance on the major dimensions of quality) have moved and are continuing to improve, with conscious competence, toward the theoretical ideal of...No needless deathsNo needless painNo needless helplessnessNo needless delaysNo needless wasteEach patient has the opportunity to design her goals for care, her care team, and her plan of care, in partnership with nurses, physicians, and other professionals.The front line staff members, particularly physicians, function as leaders in initiating and driving improvement, rather than simply reacting to and implementing changes suggested by managers.The CEO is 'master teacher' of quality, which is an operational line management responsibility throughout the organization, rather than delegated to a few quality staff professionals.The Dots, both Big and Small, are connected: strategic goals, system-level measures, and project-level measures have a logic--a 'Theory of the Strategy' deployed rigorously through a method such as Balanced Score Card, or Strategy Maps.All Staff seek innovation and ideas worldwideTransformation is build into succession management. 'Our Board couldn't imagine a new CEO who wasn't an even better champion of QI.'There is full transparency to patients, staff, and community on all measures, using industry-wide standards.Physicians are 'captains of the teams' rather than highly autonomous 'captains of the ship'.All teach, all learn.You cannot be promoted unless you're a star quality improver.There is a waiting list to get on staff.Improvement is often through radical re-design, in addition to incremental process improvement.Improvement cycles are part of everyone's daily work life, not thought of as 'projects'.Cycles of improvement are so many that they are 'uncountable.'Projects cross many organizations, engage the entire community, (as opposed to staying within competitive silos and other boundaries).Quality is the Strategy (rather than something that is nice to do, but can be jettisoned if the organization comes under pressure.
[Eileen Chen] My Wonderful IFs... (Part I): I earned my scholarships in school, awards, positions. Those 3 years in the new school, i told myself, no matter how life goes up and down, never look back, pick urself up from a fall, and move on, the world revolves daily, not to one self only.
[theurbanhermit] 3417: UH also notes the timing of his events at HMNH amidst the travail of HU FAS and Summers. Perhaps it's a wee big-headded of Uh to think his life and persecution has larger ramification, but the timing of Summers leaving coincides with UH's not losing his cool over the most blatant attepmt to chase him from the museum (and UH writes this knowing that someone or some coterie in HU has - hopefully had - plans for him elsewhere;
[Ecademy Marketplace Listings] Personal Leadership Development Programme 30th April 2008 [David ...: "An excellent day, Exceeded expectations, having said I was cynical but never the less a great day …….. thank you" - Philip Andrews
[One Sixth Warrior Forum] Maj.Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, Second Corps, Gettysburg 1863: One military historian wrote, "No other Union general at Gettysburg dominated men by the sheer force of their presence more completely than Hancock."As another wrote, "his tactical skill had won him the quick admiration of adversaries who had come to know him as the 'Thunderbolt of the Army of the Potomac.'" His military service continued after the Civil War, as Hancock participated in the military Reconstruction of the South and the Army's presence at the Western frontier.
[troyspace] C. FRED KLEINKNECHT, 33° - SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER OF THE ...: The annual Scottish Rite Cal-endar Program, an effort Fred began 14 years ago, has enabled much-needed improvements, including reconstruction of the Temple’s damaged grand entrance steps and completion of the Cornerstone of Freedom Hall, the Hall of Scottish Rite Regalia, the George Washington Memorial Banquet Hall, the Burl Ives Room, the Americanism Museum, the just-dedicated Albert Pike Museum, and, most of all, the total renovation of the Rite’s most valuable scholarly resource, the Supreme Council Library. Inspired by Fred’s leadership, Brethren rallied to support the House of the Temple, the finest architectural masterpiece of the Scottish Rite in America and the modern headquarters for our Order.
[Top School Fundraisers] 9 Ways to Convince Donors your Organization has Changed (for the ...: Even if a gift is many years old, if you are new to the school’s leadership, you have the opportunity to say thank you again. With the “thank you” should also come the admission that you know this was (very) late in coming and you should give them your word that such omissions will not occur again.
[Counterterrorism Blog] Summary of April 15 Panel on Outlook for Iran & US: One of the Intelligence Estimate’s key insights is that Tehran indeed is responsive to increasing international scrutiny and pressure—that its “decisions are guided by a cost-benefit approach.” Iran’s enrichment program at Natanz and heavy water program at Arak had been made public in August 2002, but it was in October 2003, only after the invasion of Iraq, that Iran finally made a full declaration to the International Atomic Energy Agency and signed the Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement to allow environmental sampling and inspections at suspect sites.
[EC Huey for Guilford School Board (hueyforguilfordschoolboard.org)] One More Day”¦: I will hit some polling places tomorrow, then enjoy dinner with the family as the polls close at 7:30pm. I’ll watch the first set of returns come in from here at campaign HQ, then will go down to the Old County Courthouse about 9pm.
[Barry's Arts Blog and Update] Motivation and Inspiration: As Paul Minicucci use to say: "Give credit where it's due, and give credit even where it isn't due." Saying thank you is the easiest thing in the world and one of the most inspiring tools you can use. Do it more.
[Ntqkelsey's Weblog] Rustic roots upon American supreme position paper: Jawsmith’s American admirers likewise hypnotized the unshaken confidence that the enlarged referring to democratic public would bring home to those who benefitted away from the genuine article in respect to the virtues in connection .
[The Button Down Blog of Matt Algren] United Methodist Church Shames God: If you’re looking for humor or a (hopefully) good film review, I recommend you come back tomorrow. I break this policy because I must speak out about the travesty of justice that was perpetrated yesterday in Fort Worth, Texas at the United Methodist Church (UMC) General Conference (GC).
[Free Christian Leadership Training] XIII-Life Planning Questions: Prayer is the most neglected resource of Christians, and yet we so often blame our very busyness 'about the Lord's work' for not having the time to be still in his presence. We live and talk about justification by grace, and live as though we were justified by work(s). We run our lives under the supposed imperatives of the 'work ethic', and fail to realize that even moon rockets require refueling if they are to avoid burnout. We can be thankful that we are witnessing, in recent years, a recovery of Christian prayer and meditation alongside, but clearly distinguishable from,. the increased interest in Easter meditation. There are some similarities in approaches to or preparation for Christian and 'Eastern' prayer, but Christian prayer is fundamentally Christ-mediated and Trinitarian in expression, however helpful we may find preparatory physical relaxation, the quieting of our minds, the centering of our attention, and techniques for blocking out distractions from the external environment. (Christianity was, of course 'Eastern' in cultural setting, and hence in many of its religious forms and practices;
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