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Fuss and Feathers
In anticipation of the publishing of Isthmus, the second book in the Widow Walk Saga, I believe it is helpful to describe some of the historical characters who are part of Isthmus. General Winfield Scott was, before the American Civil War, the most famous and celebrated military commander since Andrew Jackson, having achieved fame as the result…
“El Verdugo” in the Isthmus
In anticipation of the publishing of Isthmus, the first sequel to Widow Walk, I believe it is important to describe some of the history of the Panama region during the time Emmy Evers and her family would have traveled there en route home to Boston. Let us start with one of the most notorious and legendary individuals…
The Camino Real of Panama
THE CAMINO REAL This past week I traveled with Christian Strassnig the director of Cultour (www.cultour.info) and Camino Real Project (http://caminorealproject.wordpress.com) into the Jungle of the Chagres National Park where he, his colleagues from the Instituto Nacional de Cultura and the mestizo peasant community recently recovered portions of the Camino Real, a paved four-foot wide…
Spirit and Communication
We are in Charboneau les Bains au Lyon, in the Rhone Valley, the “gastronomic capital” of France, exploring the ancient city, its countryside and sampling the differences between Parisian and Lyonese cuisine. It is a welcome rest from the hassle-hustle of the business life from which I soon retire and the quietude of this rural…
Angels and Lecterns
We returned to New Orleans this past week to meet with over 800 medical directors of our nation-wide Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, Hospitalist, Orthopedics and OB/GYN services. During the three day event, we listened to several speakers, including former HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, discuss healthcare financing, leadership, management and clinical topics, frame the future and provide…
Defense Attorneys and “Diary of a Moonlighter”
I just returned from New Orleans where I had the opportunity to present two topics to 160 of the attorneys whose 140 firms represent TEAMHealth in various venues throughout the country. We are fortunate that in our management of over 12 million annual patient care encounters in our Emergency Departments, Hospital In-Patient care, Anesthesiology and…
My final LEAD course
This past week we completed the 35th LEAD (Leadership and Development) course which I began in 2002, shortly after assuming the role as National Chief Medical Officer of TeamHealth. Since inception, we have had the privilege of teaching and inspiring over 1600 medical directors. This was my final course. I will discuss what it means…
The Affordability of Compassion
To a great extent, the ability of a society to contain its pathology, and the disposition of its problems, is dependent on what it convinces itself it can afford. Shown below are two short teaching fables “Big Orange” and “The Take Down” that I use to train our health care providers about the incorrect and…
Widow Walk Audio Book Now Available
The Widow Walk Audio Book is now available featuring narration by John Aylward via Audible.com, Amazon’s Audiobooks. Aylward’s brilliant narration brings a new, chilling dimension to the Widow Walk experience! Here is a sample from Chapter 12 The Widow Walk Audiobook is available here: http://bit.ly/1irMxsI
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