Unity Farm Journal - First Week of July 2016
When running a farm you sometimes feel like MacGyver - given a few 2x4s, a piece of hardware cloth, and a box of bags, create a c…
An EHR implementation of The Checklist Manifesto
Boston Physician Atul Gawande wrote The Checklist Manifesto in 2009 stressing that medicine should adopt “pilot’s checklists” to…
Health Care and Tetanus
One of the most painful medical conditions you can get is tetanus. Also known as lockjaw , tetanus is an infection charact…
Unity Farm Journal - Fourth Week of June 2016
Unity Farm is now an organic certified producer of vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, nuts, fruits and seedlings! Here’s our officia…
Why Apple HealthKit in iOS 10 Makes View/Download/Transmit Real
Meaningful Use Stage 2 has a requirement that I’ve always considered to be the “cart before the horse” - patients must be able to…
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of June 2016
The baby geese are now old enough to free range with their parents, so they are wandering through the forest and barnyard from 7a…
Why I Disagree with the Snake Oil Analogy
Earlier this week, the American Medical Association CEO called digital healthcare products modern-day "snake oil " As a…
Unity Farm Journal - Second Week of June 2016
This week we completed our organic inspection, which was very much like a Joint Commission visit. The “commissioners” arrived f…
A Time of Uncertainty
The upcoming presidential election has everyone spooked - what if Donald Trump is actually elected? What will the transition of…
Unity Farm Journal - First Week of June 2016
My daughter's post wedding bliss was followed by the newlyweds move out of Tufts (Medford, MA) and a move into a new apartmen…
Making a Difference
When my father died 3 years ago, my comments at his funeral noted that the greatest aspiration any of us can have is to make a…
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