The founding of America's health care system from the beginning of European immigration to the early 1930's. What were the major factors in this story?

In this Episode of Butterfly Arose I begin to look at the larger system of medical care in the Unted States. I use my own experiences with to keep from getting too much into ethereal ideas and to hold myself accountable to humility as I acknowledge that my own experiences influence my ability to be objective.

In this episode of Butterfly Arose I talk about an important way researchers turn qualitative information into quantitative information, and some of the challenges when we try to spread improvements throughout medical care.

In this episode of Butterfly Arose, I use specific examples from my own experiences to show why patient stories are important to improving the quality of health care. I also use them to demonstrate that, while it would be wonderful to have lots of patient stories, in reality we often have to make do with what is available, and some initial thoughts on the gifts and challenges this approach brings to health care improvement.

In this episode of Butterfly Arose, I challenge you to appreciate the world of complexity we uncover when we actively try to improve and organization.

Using the example of baking bread I show how complicated it can really get, and apply that seemingly simple example to changes being made in healthcare.

In Episode 16 of Butterfly Arose I used my personal experiences as a patient partner volunteer to talk about the value of Person and Family Centered Care from the patient and family perspective. But PFCC is a process of system improvement, and that means the staff of a health care organization must also be intimately involved.

In this episode I'll talk about the third group, the Person and Family Centered Care staff. These are the employees who find patients and their family members who are willing to become volunteers.

In this episode of Butterfly Arose I go more deeply into Person and Family Centered Care. I use my own experiences as both a volunteer and an employee to see what benefits PFCC can bring to healthcare from the patient perrspective.

For doctors, nurses and other practitioners the medical system asks a lot. Be excellent and knowledgable in medical science, but also kind and empathetic. Give every patient the best care, but hurry up, you day is full of appointments. Let's take a look at what it looks like from their point of view.