Mea sententia...

Mea Sententia translates roughly as 'My Opinion' and has been my intermittent blog since 2011. Much of my writing is about medical issues, but my topics range through philosophy, behavioral and decision making, management, humor, and personal/family anecdotes.

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Chaos

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 06:00

"Without order nothing can exist - without chaos nothing can evolve."

(Unknown)

 

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    • Philosophy and ethics

Stickiness

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 02/19/2018 - 06:00

An important part of medical care is the sharing of information.

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Innovate or devolve

Submitted by PeterElias on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 06:00

“If you are not innovating, you are deteriorating.” 

― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

 

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    • Management

Is preventive care cost-effective or valuable?

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 02/12/2018 - 06:00

It has become fashionable to assess the ‘value’ of medical care with a financial metric: Is this test cost effective? Does that intervention save money? 

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Inertia

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 02/08/2018 - 06:00

The problem with bureaucracy is reluctance to respond to change. Its motto is 'Ready, aim, aim, aim, aim …'  It just can't pull the trigger! 

(Anonymous)

 

status quo

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    • Management

Frozen pipes and PTSD

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 06:00

I know when and why I developed PTSD (Pipe Traumatic Stress Disorder).

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    • Personal anecdote

My nightmare on snowshoes

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 06:00

I love to snowshoe in the fields and woods behind my house.

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    • Personal anecdote
    • Recreation

My Marlboro moment

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 06:00

If you grew up in a smoking household back in the 1950s, you probably experimented with cigarettes on the sly.   I know I did, in elementary school.

 

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    • Personal anecdote

Bottlenecks

Submitted by PeterElias on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 06:00

The bottleneck is always the top of the bottle. 

- Peter Drucker

 

leaders

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    • Management

Lip swelling

Submitted by PeterElias on Mon, 01/22/2018 - 06:00

The message on my door was: “Mrs. Grantham wants biopsy report sent to dermatologist. None in her chart.” 

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