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You Only Get to Go Around “TWICE?” by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy That title is not the usual saying, but in my case, it is right on the money. When my kids were born, I can honestly say that I loved absolutely every phase of their ... Read on »

Not So Nice – Mike Rice by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Finally, someone has agreed that it’s not a good thing to have an adult COACH belittle, verbally abuse, and denigrate his players by screaming explicative’s, throwing ball ... Read on »

Carnegie Mellon University – Innovation in Health Care Technology Conference by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last night I received an E-mail from Carnegie Mellon University inviting me to the Innovation in Health Care Technology Conference. When I read the small print, I saw tha ... Read on »

It’s What We’re Eating! by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy One of the things that I get to do while consulting all over the country is to periodically attend lectures about health. Because of my interests in non-traditional, ancie ... Read on »

Immigrant Health by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Modern Healthcare’s February 4th, 2013 issue was titled, In Denial. It was about immigration reform and the fact that health coverage will, at the present time, not be of ... Read on »

Beyonce vs. The Marine Band by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy When the news broke that Beyonce might have lip-synced the National Anthem at the Inaugural Ceremony, my first thought was, “Who cares?” Seriously, we are beginning to be ... Read on »

It’s All About Borders by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Just for clarification, this is not about Borders Bookstores. This little blog is about the borders in our lives. The theme is not original, but it is, in fact, potentia ... Read on »

“When babies are killed, we have to take action.” by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Because the events in Connecticut are still so raw in all of our minds and hearts, I’ve hesitated to undertake this topic until now. Having taught over 2000 students duri ... Read on »

What Next? by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy So, when Gate Keeping, Patient Education, Discharge Planning and Safe, Timely Hand-offs are NOT ENOUGH what do you do to limit re-admissions prior to 30 days after dischar ... Read on »

Hubris Strikes Again and Again and Again by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As we approach Thanksgiving this week, I am moved by a series of events that have occurred over the past few days, and wonder when we, as human beings, will ever begin to ... Read on »

SNF Q and A by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Question: Is the percentage of readmissions to hospitals known and is it published publicly? I have seen some percentages in journals in regards to percentage of r ... Read on »

“My team is not dirty.” by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy “My team is not dirty. All the issues were on their side of the field. This is a football game, not a Hallmark Moment.” Quote from Scott Lago – a Pop Warner football co ... Read on »

What’s REALLY Going ON? by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Over the last twenty five years, I’ve often felt like a stranger in the heatlhcare world. Each day I coped with rooms filled with individuals who had finely tuned left br ... Read on »

Integrative Medicine, SNP’s, in PA, New Jersey and Florida by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I’m currently working in the hospital where I was born, on both coasts of Florida and both coasts of New Jersey. Okay, New Jersey doesn’t have a west coast, but I’m worki ... Read on »

Slavery in the United States? by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Barry Estabrook wrote a book called Tomatoland. It is not necessarily the type of book that I would normally read, but I heard the author on a radio talk show, and he cap ... Read on »

The Way We Were by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Marvin Hamlisch died last week at the age of 68. When I first heard the news, it was strangely surreal to me, not because he died, that is, afterall, the ultimate journey ... Read on »

Corn, Kevlar and MOTHER NATURE by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In our efforts to understand and deal with Mother Nature, we have invented, engineered, and manipulated her in ways that often produce unexpected results. There is current ... Read on »

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy ObamaCare? (From a post by Steve Fitzgerald ) This is clearly NOT my style, but the copied post below gave a concise, if not somewhat progressively slanted ... Read on »

Father’s Day by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As my dad lay dying in the bed on the right side of the semi-private room, the pain that I felt in my heart was inexpressible. You see, for all intents and purposes, my ... Read on »

What Makes Nick Tick? by Nicholas J. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy First I would like to reinforce what drives me as a person and consultant along with my purpose and passion. My training and background is in Education, the Arts, and He ... Read on »

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