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Note From Maureen Bisgonano

What Matters to you?

I have been haunted by the doctor taking care of your brother who asked, “what do you want?” His answer rings in my mind and brings tears to my eyes even today.

Now without science and equations or computations, you disrupt clinic medicine with a simple but profound question: “What matters to you?” Sobering.

It is always a joy to hear from you. Six months ago, at 75 years of age I retired. I am still trying to decide how to live out the next 20 or so years. I am blessed to have a spouse and friends.

I am going to send you a link to my retirement dinner ceremony. Dr. Henrich’s and my wife’s addresses are worth the time to hear.

Thank you for your friendship.

Larry Holly

From: Maureen Bisognano IHI.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 2:35:48 PM

Subject: RE: Patient-Centered Conversation

Dear Larry,

Thanks for this great update! A few thoughts I’ve had recently….one of my students at Harvard, a physician from MGH, heard me prompting to ask not only “what’s the matter?” but also, “what matters to you?” and she and a colleague developed the Kindness Bundle, attached.

And the idea of WMTY has spread globally. Each year, in addition to asking this every day, physicians, nurses and organizations around the world celebrate the joy it brings to professionals and the better care it brings to patients. See the 2019 spread numbers attached! The stories are so heartwarming! I was I n Iceland this year on June 6th, WMTY Day, and heard stories from around the globe as hospitals, practices and others made videos at 9 AM, local time, to create a worldwide stream across the time zones.

Also, not sure if you have read Compassionomics by Drs. Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli from NJ? They have brought together research that shows that kindness and compassion improve compliance, as you note, and also make for better clinical outcomes at a lower cost.

Thanks so very much for keeping up this work!

Warmly, Maureen

From: James Holly <jholly@jameslhollymd.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Subject: Patient-Centered Conversation

Thank you for your response to the article on the limitations of technology (http://jameslhollymd.com/your-life-your-health/technology-and-humanity-the-critical-balance-in-21st-center-healthcare).

In its simplest and least technical definition a conversation is two people talking to one another.

Two people have contributed to my understanding of the concept of a “patient-centered conversation,” which is a concept I did not understand until I read Dr. Jaen’s article referenced below and which is the content of the presentation I prepared for a provider meeting at SETMA.

The second is summarized in an article I wrote about Maureen Bisognano’s “The Conversation Project.” Maureen was the President of the Institute For Healthcare Improvement.

http://jameslhollymd.com/presentations/powerpoint/What-is-patient-centered-communication.pptx

http://jameslhollymd.com/your-life-your-health/the-conversation-project

James (Larry) Holly, M.D.
Former C.E.O. SETMA

www.jameslhollymd.com

Adjunct Professor
Family & Community Medicine
UT Health San Antonio
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine