Christina's Considerations

End of Life Care: Choices and Preparing

This third post concludes our series of guest posts from Dr. Sepulveda. I hope it has prompted thought, reflection and perhaps a bit of conversation. by Sebastian Sepulveda, MD, author of At Death's Door: End of Life Stories from the... Read more →

Abilities, Instead of Disabilities: Your new normal!

Disability and disabled aren’t great words. They really don’t convey the why or how someone is “disabled”; and more importantly their abilities. Leveraging our abilities and performing meaningful work (in the home and/or business world) is desirable and keeps us... Read more →

End of Life Care: Open Honest Conversations and a Second Opinion

We continue with the second part in our series on end of life care with another guest post from... Sebastian Sepulveda, MD, author of At Death's Door: End of Life Stories from the Bedside Understanding What’s to Come: Open and... Read more →

News Flash...Digital Immigrant Creates New Video

As a Baby Boomer, even on the tail end, I'm a digital immigrant because I did not grow up with the technologies we have today. So, I'm quite proud of my first (successful) video to describe functional limitations and my... Read more →

Traveling with Functional Limitations

I'm not one to sit still, unless I'm working and/or typing a blog post. I move and explore new places whenever I have an opportunity, so my functional limitations related to walking, standing, driving and focusing did have an impact... Read more →

End of Life Care: Practical Options and Advice – A Doctor’s Perspective

End of life care is resource intensive and costly... financially and emotionally. As an administrator, I've been involved in mediating conflict between patients and their families and sometimes between either with their professional caregivers. It is an unpleasant position, but... Read more →

A Wellness Garden: Growing, Eating & Exercising

I've been a gardener my whole life. It started in the hot sticky summers of South Louisiana with my family; although pulling weeds was horrible. In California, weeds aren't such an issue since.... we don't have so much water! Anyway,... Read more →

Hospitals Have A Smartphone Problem

Drum beat, please.... healthcare is complex, relies upon evidence-based and individual workflows and is highly regulated. The most effective apps have end users and their needs in mind. This guest post highlights opportunities for improvement and better returns on investment.... Read more →

Future of Mobile Apps: Location Services

Years ago, as I prepared to write a book on use of social media in healthcare, I signed on and really liked FourSquare. They split the app a couple of years later and it lost value for me. But, I... Read more →