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More Great Texts on Mindfulness
In its most basic form, mindfulness is the ability to present in the moment while being fully aware of where we are and what we’re doing while not becoming overwhelmed by the things happening around us. This is easier said than done. We live in a world where we are...
Great Texts on Mindfulness
In its most basic form, mindfulness is the ability to present in the moment while being fully aware of where we are and what we’re doing while not becoming overwhelmed by the things happening around us. This is easier said than done. We live in a world where we are...
Mindfulness In Education
For nearly 40 years, Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) have been researched, developed, supported, and improved. Throughout the last several decades, MBI has progressively moved through health care, mental health, and education. In 1979, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn...
A Brief History of Mindfulness
The transformative benefits of mindfulness have only recently become recognized within numerous facets of society, from the office to the operating room and beyond. By broadening our conscious awareness, we are able to evoke a variety of therapeutic sensations that...
Are Hospitals Stuck in Time? Outdated Technology in Healthcare
We live in a time of imagination and possibility - or at least, that's how it seems from the waiting room. Innovations in medical tech have given doctors and patients alike opportunities that they never could have dreamed of a decade or two ago, much less experienced...
Too Much Tech, Too Little Security: Ransomware in Healthcare
When we picture disaster, we think of a storm. We imagine downed power lines, ice-cold heaters, and flooded rooms. In our minds, devastation and danger comes in the dramatic wake of blinding rain and hurricane winds; we never imagine that it could creep in on a...
On the Opioid Crisis and Alleviating Pain (Physicians)
A man limps into the emergency room, his face twisted in pain. He hunches through the revolving door, barely able to make it to one of the waiting room's flimsy plastic chairs before losing his footing. A nurse rushes over to guide him to an exam room and look at his...
Losing Balance: The Dangers of Over-Work in Medicine
Six in the morning, and it's dark outside. Step through the revolving door, change into scrubs - just another shift. Make the rounds, talk with the nurses. One patient stopped taking their meds; you postpone breakfast to explain why they need to start again....
Healing Harm: The Issue of Physician Suicide
“Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, ‘Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and...
Reaching Out: Draws and Difficulties of Rural Telemedicine
There's something profoundly reassuring about walking into a doctor’s office. Somehow, simply sitting in the waiting room of a clinic with the promise of meeting a trained physician is enough to alleviate some worry; as making that first connection for help is half...