by Whitney | Jul 11, 2013 | business, community
Seth Godin had an interesting post today talking about delight and mentioning six sigma. It caught my attention, because some folks I know have been taking six sigma classes who work in health care. Health care, and all of the caretakers in the system- doctors,...
by Whitney | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
My mom called me up in tears this morning. We’ll get to the reason in a few moments- let’s first talk about her medical conditions. My mom, Janet Schumacher, turned 65 this year. Following an episode of pancreatitis that damaged a good portion of her...
by Whitney | Jun 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
I read a blog post by Andy Kessler today, who has written a book called The End of Medicine, which I have admittedly not read as of yet. The post alleges that the medical industry has created a complete boondoggle of finances, and if we were to employ electronic...
by Whitney | Mar 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Disclosure- I am married to a physician who is in an academic medicine practice. I sit on the nexus between two worlds- that of the normal, every day patient, and that of someone who practices medicine every day. It’s often an odd place to be, especially in...
