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A Day in the Life of the CEO of a Medicare Local : 2013April 18, 2011
July 2013: CEO’s report to the community 1st July 2011 seems like only yesterday. That was the day that North Coast Medicare Local was established, one of the first tranch of new regional Primary Health Care Organisations. These were formed by the federal government in response to the 2009 National Hospital and Health Reform Commission. […] |
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Postcard from UK – GP CommissioningApril 7, 2011
Hein Le Roux and his wife Emma and family have recently returned from a stint in Grafton to work as GPs in the England. While here, Hein was a collaborative star, presenting his change ideas at a number of workshops. In the UK, as well as general practice, he will also be doing ‘stuff’ with […] |
Who’s responsible for service design?April 7, 2011
We know that every system achieves exactly the results it is designed to achieve. We know generic Retin-A that 98% of problems are caused by flawed systems, rather than by flawed people. Yet consistently the people cop the blame, not the designers. In his blog today, Seth reminds us buy Zithromax online that the system […] |
Continuous Flow in General PracticeApril 4, 2011
Efficiency and Reliability : Part Two. In Lean Thinking, Continuous Flow occurs when processes proceed without constraint. Can we eliminate bottlenecks and interruptions in the delivery of primary health care? |
Sending a Reminder to Your Future Self – MsgMe.atApril 3, 2011
Awesome Thing #282 of 1000awesomethings was ‘Sending yourself emails to do stuff in the future‘. As someone who may have treatment with Dapoxetine forgotten an important date two years in a row, sending an email to a future me seems like a good plan. MsgMe.at misoprostol online is a web service that allows you to […] |
Fall down seven times, get up eight : The power of Japanese GambaruApril 1, 2011
Garr Reynolds has lived and taught in Japan for many years. He writes: Japanese culture and ways of thinking can not be adequately addressed in a short space, but this Japanese proverb “Nana korobi ya oki” (literally: seven falls, eight getting up) reflects an important and shared ideal. This speaks to the Japanese concept of […] |
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Nerves and public speakingMarch 16, 2011
On the weekend we attended a birthday party where there were some excellent speeches. It is normal to be anxious before giving a talk or making a speech. Using this nervous energy is the key to being natural and engaging. At a 50th birthday party at the weekend we heard some excellent speeches. It is […] |
BookShelf: Poke The Box – The Domino ProjectMarch 16, 2011
Seth Godin launched the Domino Project today. Seth is a prolific author. He has written thirteen books, the most recent being today’s ‘Poke the Box‘. His blog is hyperactive, and I enjoy the daily entertaining read. He is known as an expert fast delivery Brand Viagra on marketing. When driving with his family around France, they […] |