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Gary Oftedahl: Shared Decision Making–is it really?
As we attempt to implement the recommendations of the IOM report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, the focus on patient-centered care has sharpened. The evolving medical/health care home concept has direct...
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Kent Bottles: Random Observations on a Trip to Botswana
It is very hot in Botswana and when taking a two-hour walk over sand in the Okavango Delta, my face got really sunburned. China has a growing presence in this part of Africa. The SinoHydro Company is...
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Gary Oftedahl: Are We Done with Dunbar?
I’m all about networking, developing relationships, and maintaining a distance if possible (after all I am Norwegian) in advancing my efforts in collaborating with others. I’m struck that while I’m...
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Kent Bottles: My Top Ten Books on Behavioral Economics
Several readers of the ICSI Health Care Blog have asked me about behavioral economics which has been mentioned in some posts (http://bit.ly/4uZNlH) and (http://bit.ly/49q4Uy). I am by no means an...
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Gary Oftedahl: A Reading List from the ICSI Colloquium
If you’ve followed my blog posts over the past 10 months, you’ve gathered I’m an inveterate and insatiable reader. In addition to a love of mysteries, thrillers, and spy novels (I just finished my...
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Gary Oftedahl: (Un)common Purpose
I had an epiphany today. That in and of itself makes the day worthwhile, but while often times epiphanies lead to clarity, and provide firm direction for next steps in one’s life or occupation, this...
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Gary Oftedahl: Thoughts on Being a Thought Leader–I think?
It’s happened again. I think it’s a compliment, I suspect it’s well intended, but at times I’m suspicious. I guess it’s just my nature, perhaps my lot in life. What’s that you say? What is he...
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Gary Oftedahl: A Cranky Baby Boomer, or not?
Life is passing me by, or so it seems. I’m frustrated at times that just when life is getting interesting, I’m looking at the December of my career, and the baton is being passed to those with more...
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Groupthink or Collaborative Genius? Leave me alone!!
Most of my life has been centered around the concept of the individual genius, using a unique skill and set of talents to create a piece of art, a great round of golf, a unique new device—you name it,...
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Daydreaming— Exercise at it’s best?
Often times during the day, unfortunately sometimes while I’m supposed to be focusing on a specific task, I find my thoughts wondering to other things—isn’t that hawk circling in the sky outside my...
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