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Number of posts: 5

The last thing they say before they leave

Author: mike davis

Summary: Too often, people wait until the very last second to say what they wanted, intended, and should have said the first thing. Read more...

Deep Dive: AI, sleep, medical errors, Zionism, peace, and Passover

Author: Michael Davis, Th.M., BCC, CWMF

Summary: Nurses protest use of AI; the importance of personal and cultural reconsideration on the importance of sleep; prosecution of medical errors; and Zionism and the Passover. Read more...

Deep Dive: phone addictions; private equity and hospitals

This week’s featured articles

  1. From Harvard Business Review. Do you have a phone addiction? - uhh, probably. Now, do something about it.
  2. What happens when hospitals aren’t appropriately funded? They often turn to funding from Private Equity firms. What happens then? It’s not good and costs patients and society. Read this article from Harvard.
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Travel, health, and generations with Anthony Nguyen

Author: Mike Davis, Th.M., BCC (SCA), CWMF

Summary: In this first interview epidode of the Worldwide Stew podcast, I interviewed my friend, Anthony Nguyen, BSN, RN. He talks about travel (joys and travails), children, aging, the elderly, how to look at travel, and the role of chaaplains in acute pain. Read more...

Deep Dive: A questionable iOS feature; US Disease Burden from plastics; interesting recent articles

Author: Mike Davis, Th.M., BCC (SCA), CWMF

Summary: A review of news I find interesting. 1. An iOS *feature* you might want to fix. 2. It's taken a long time for plastics to create what many believe will create significant human disease burden. That ship has gathered substantial steam. 3. Possiblle harms related to mindfulness (if your going to be in a mindfulness group, make sure the leader is qualified). 4. Watch out for marketing using *neuro*: they may be trying to get into your head. 5. A compassion therapy that can boost *expansiveness*? That just blows my mind (if it turns out to be good research). Read more...