Archive (Page 296)
April 14, 2020
Winning in Last Place
We live in a world that demands excellence, that sings the praises of the 10,000-Hour Rule to master anything. And, sure, being excellent is fun. It’s fun to do things you’re great at. But it’s also fun to do things that you aren’t great at, and last year I decided that I was done feeling like I had to earn the right to participate in something I wanted to participate in. I was missing out.
April 7, 2020
Using Innovation and Data to Fight the Opioid Epidemic
When Dr. Baruch Fertel took a job at the Cleveland Clinic in 2013 he knew he had a crisis on his hands. The nation was in the grip of an opioid epidemic and Ohio was ground zero. And Fertel quickly realized that hospitals were, in some respects, doing more harm than good, often prescribing someone who came in with an ankle sprain or other small injury 30 Percocets because it was the default in the electronic health record (EHR). “That’s a huge amount for something that maybe is a day or two,” said Fertel, the Director of Quality and Operations at the storied medical center.
March 18, 2020
People’s Wendy Naugle: A Case Study
I’m well into my 96th hour of self-quarantine, in a week that’s played out similarly to the plot of the […]
February 12, 2020
Trade Wars and Tariffs Matter in New Hampshire
A Klobuchar supporter at the Democratic Party dinner on Saturday night in Manchester. Photo by Grace Cong Sui Manchester, N.H. […]
February 11, 2020
Rod Webber’s Absurd And Bonafide Political Trolling
Rod Webber the man who attempted to run as a presidential candidate in New Hampshire under the name “Epsteindidntkillhimself”. Source: […]