Doctor Paul Farmer‚ one of the founders of Partner In Health‚ an American healthcare organization that is funding for hospitals in rural areas of countries in South America‚ especially Haiti and Peru‚ where deadly diseases like Tuberculosis and HIV/AID was raging. Farmer and his organization are the two main subjects of the biographical “Mountain Beyond Mountain”‚ written by Tracy Kidder. Farmer and Kidder meet when the author was in Haiti‚ interviewing the American activity
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as a Way of Being‚ by Peter Vaill. In this review I will analyze and synthesize the authors’ primary points‚ conclusions and discuss how it relates to my personal experiences and evaluations. The activities and exercises contained in the Lecture 2 and Chapter 2‚ Learning as a Way of Being‚ suggest as leaders we are continually learning as we observe others actions and or reactions. The process of "Institutional Learning" and how it conflicts with the concepts of Learning as a Way of Being‚ described
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Dr. Paul Farmer was instrumental in changing world views on how we treat the indigent. He understood that you couldn’t just treat the disease and the person got better. He learned that first you had to understand that the beliefs of the people you treat had a great influence on how they followed the advice of the doctor. Second if the person could not even afford to eat all the medicine in the world wouldn’t help if the patient was starving. Perhaps his greatest accomplishments were to serve on a
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Case 1. What is Gary Kaplan trying to achieve at Virginia Mason? Dr. Gary Kaplan was trying to achieve change at Virginia Mason. He envisioned the transformation of Virginia Mason Medical Center into the quality leader in health care and sought to lead the organization toward this vision. When Dr. Kaplan joined VMMC what attracted him to the medical field was a collaborative team approach and Virginia Masons’ unique culture that was created in the early 1900’s
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In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë‚ Bertha Mason serves as both a warning and a savior to Jane. Though Jane has little empathy for her‚ she has much in common with the “madwoman in the attic.” Though seemingly completely mad‚ Bertha Mason is still cognizant enough to know of Jane and Rochester’s marriage. Rather than being jealous‚ Bertha hopes to save Jane from impending doom of a marriage to Rochester. By tearing the veil‚ Bertha Mason is trying to warn Jane and keep her from Rochester
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1. What are the most important issues confronting Sheila Mason? Explain you priority of important issues. The most important issue confronting Sheila is that her previous company‚ ATS‚ is claiming she may be in violation of her Employee Noncompetition‚ Nonsolicitation‚ Nondisclosure and Development Agreement that she signed when she was hired by the company. The day after she quit she began officially working for her own company‚ which ATS indicates is in direct competition with its own business
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The 1920’s was a prosperous time for the economy. Hopes were high‚ and money was plentiful. For once in a long time since the war people were happy‚ and over optimistic. People were ready to go out and live their life free‚ and wild. They didn’t want to sit back‚ and just let life pass the by. They showed their need for freedom‚ want for something new‚ and all their emotions in music. They used it to express their feelings that they had no idea how to express‚ so they poured their heart‚ and soul
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VMPS Facts What is the Virginia Mason Production System? The Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) is a management method that seeks to continually improve how work is done so there are zero defects in the final product. Using this method‚ Virginia Mason (VM) identifies and eliminates waste and inefficiency in the many processes that are part of the health care experience‚ making it possible for VM staff to deliver the highest quality and safest patient care. By streamlining repetitive and low-touch
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Flowing through "On the Rainy River" and the "Red Convertible" Rivers constantly flow‚ never stopping to take a break. Rivers symbolize no beginning or end. They are rather continuousness and ever gushing‚ sometimes elegantly and other times rigidly. Rivers are powerful and almighty‚ carrying with it anything that crosses its path and stopping only to none. Rivers define boundaries‚ and create obstacles for people when they encounter one another. In "On the Rainy River" by Tim O’Brien and
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Virginia Mason Medical Clinic Discussion Questions 1. What is Gary Kaplan trying to achieve at Virginia Mason? Gary Kaplan is trying to achieve a system at Virginia Mason that is profitable while delivering the highest quality of results. 2. Why is there a need to change at Virginia Mason? There is a need to change at Virginia Mason because the organization has been losing money over the last couple of years‚ there is fierce competition and company morale is low. 3. What was the
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