Christina's Considerations

Imagination gone wild at the Night Clinic

One of my favorite authors has a new book that is a bit different from the ones I first read - Behind the Mask and Under the Drapes. Dr. Gelber's latest book is Night Clinic the story of a primary... Read more →

One Doctor's Journey Through the Evolution of Medicine

My latest read One Doctor: Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine was written by an internist turned hospitalist, Dr. Brendan Reilly. He explores the reality and challenges of being a physician, caring for patients and the healthcare... Read more →

The Plague

Not long ago I came across a wonderful quote by Albert Camus from his book The Plague. I realized I had not yet read this classic, so I used the quote in a recent article, Clean Hands Saves Lives, and... Read more →

Hotel Dieu (God's Hotel)

Growing up in New Orleans, I often drove past Hotel Dieu and thought it was a funny name for a hospital. I never really knew much about their patient population... until I read the book God's Hotel by Dr. Victoria... Read more →

Dead Wrong - A Neurosurgeon's Thriller

Reviewing the works of medical authors has been an enjoyable change of pace for me. While it did take me while to finish this latest book, it wasn’t for a lack of interest. Instead, it was needing to fit reading... Read more →

Ethical decisions: It comes down to strong leadership and effective planning...

For months I've been listening to books for leisure, but with this latest I'm back on to my professional interests. However, this one is also personal. If you are involved in hospital, sub acute or SNF leadership or active with... Read more →

Social media taking hold in healthcare

I've become somewhat a delinquent blogger again. Twitter just makes it so easy these busy days! However, a new article highlighting my latest book for HIMSS is giving me a little something personal to cheer about. The article focuses in... Read more →

Creole and Crime: The pathologist finds the killer!

My blog seems to have opened up a floodgate of physician writers. The first trickles came from Dr. Gelber and Dr. Parsons, but I've now been introduced to a couple of new writers and medical mystery and suspense is becoming... Read more →

Case Studies on Social Media and Technologies for Health

My latest book is a compilation of case studies and overviews of trends in social media technologies for healthcare environments. A recent post includes a listing of the chapter titles. The ebook has been out since just before the annual... Read more →

12 Years a Slave and Avoyelles Parish

I haven't posted on Louisiana lately, but this one is a bit close to home. As a result of my current commute, I just finished the book 12 Years a Slave and reviewed the additional research. First, I loved the... Read more →

50 Shades: Story of Abuse and Recovery

Most of my reading is professional in nature, but from time to time I also read books that I think have a great story line or which seem to be really popular. I've recently had a great deal of driving... Read more →

Applying Social Media Technologies in Healthcare Environments

My latest book addresses social media and the underlying technologies and the ebook is now available - just in time for HIMSS14. Several chapter authors contributed to this HIMSS book just like the one released in 2007 on RHIOs (HIEs).... Read more →

Doing Harm

Last week I finished a new book and it is yet another written by a talented physician. This one is Doing Harm, a mystery and thriller, by Kelly Parsons. You can read the official description on this link, but here... Read more →

Christina's Considerations: Archived in the National Library of Medicine

Over the years, some of my blog posts have been referenced in research papers and this has been pretty exciting for me to learn. It also tells me that discriminating readers can tell the difference between good and bad content,... Read more →

Evolution of a social media strategy

Increasingly hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations have created enterprise-wide strategic plans around social media. This means that it is really time for the laggards, those who have simply been experiencing and testing social media channels, to formally analyze... Read more →

Your Online Reputation

@KevinMD has a great new book that is designed as a guide for physicians to establish, manage and protect their online reputations. However, I believe it has value to other clinicians and even administrators who want to do the same... Read more →

Patients come 2nd? Not a bad way of looking at it!

Last week I finished reading a book about leadership and employee engagement, Patients Come Second. It was written by a health system CEO and the chief culture officer of a healthcare service company. The combination of both their perspectives really... Read more →

The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution will Create Better Health Care

I heard Dr. Topal speak about digital medicine once and have been a fan ever since. He has a new book out, so I'm looking forward to reading it. Until I'm able to post some of the highlights, watch this... Read more →

Congress on Healthcare Leadership 2013

The American College of Healthcare Executives is holding its annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership in just over two weeks (March 11 - 14, 2013). I'm attending and will sharing my thoughts on the good, bad and ugly of social media.... Read more →

The Social Media #Revolution in Health Care

Over the weekend while at my place with no cell or Internet service in rural American, I read a real paper book about the social media #revolution. It was produce by the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media and their... Read more →

What if Disney ran your hospital?

Fred Lee blended his experiences with Disney and hospitals and wrote a very thought provoking book. In it, he questions some longstanding beliefs and misguided approaches. Anyone with an interest in the patient experience really should read the entire book.... Read more →

2nd Edition of Social Media in Healthcare: Coming Soon!

Submit updated chapters with new graphics...... ✓ Check edits & revise...... ✓ Approve new cover & back.... ✓ Wait for 2nd Edition of book to be printed.... Due March Update the online companion... In Process As I near the end... Read more →

Under the Drapes: More Mystique of Surgery

After finishing my second book by Dr. David Gelber, my first thought was "I want to sit next to this guy at the next Medical Staff dinner". I thoroughly enjoyed his first book, Behind the Mask , and Under the... Read more →

Knowledge Capital in the Digital Society: Information-Based Value Creation

I finished reading Peter Waegemann's book on knowledge capital in the digital society not long ago and wanted to share a few key take-aways. the need to learn by memorizing is now replaced by the need to thrive in the... Read more →

Manager's Guide To Virtual Teams

I'm behind on my reading, but did finally finish A Manager's Guide To Virtual Teams. It is a nice blending of team management with communications in a virtual environment. I found the advice on team development, communications, accountability, conflict to... Read more →