Argues for more transparent, democratic and safer healthcare practices to keep patients better informed and hold poor-performing doctors and flawed systems accountable.
Proven solutions to transform a healthcare system in crisis Part biography and part clear-eyed examination of a healthcare system in crisis, Hospital, Heal Thyself: One Brilliant Mathematician's Proven Plan for Saving Hospital, Many Lives. and Billions of Dollars tells the story of enigmatic healthcare visionary Eugene Litvak, whose research and strategies have already been implemented at many top 12-ranked hospitals to save hundreds of millions of dollars and countless thousands of patient lives. While U.S. healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, Litvak's program described in this book offers tested, effective methods to trim those costs while simultaneously improving patient outcomes. Written by veteran prize-winning healthcare journalist Mark Taylor, this book includes compelling discussion on: How hospital and emergency room overcrowding has harmful and potentially deadly effects on patients and staff How Litvak's algorithms and complex mathematical theories help hospitals staff appropriately to safely manage patient flow How applying Litvak's unique patient flow interventions improves nurse retention in an era of mass nurse exodus Litvak's methods have been proven to work in the best hospitals in America and the world. Studies in the top medical journals confirm their success in reducing medical errors; hospital and emergency room overcrowding; nurse and physician burnout and stress and patient mortality rates. They've saved millions of dollars for each hospital adopting them, while improving patient satisfaction and outcomes, nurse retention, hospital efficiency and addressing healthcare disparities and inequities. Distilling complex ideas into accessible language, Hospital, Heal Thyself: A Mathematician's Proven Plan for Saving American Hospitals Many Lives and Billions of Dollars is a timely, essential read for all medical practitioners and healthcare administrators and staff who want to play their part in transforming modern healthcare, and the world, for the better.
First, Heal Thyself applies spiritual and psychological principles to one of the most stressful of life's circumstances, that of caring for the ill. By distilling some basic tenets of personal growth and conveying them in easy-to-learn, practical steps, the readers' relationships with themselves, patients, co-workers, and the institutions in which they work will be transformed. They'll see their place in medicine differently and be better able to deal with others in a way that can turn any encounter into a healing situation. First, Heal Thyself was written by a physician and a nurse two authors integrating three disciplines of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Each author is well-established in their field and is highly experienced in personal and organizational healing. With over thirty years of combined experience in healthcare and healing work, they inject a human prescription for what ails medicine. This is the first book to look at healthcare from the inside out, changing the system by starting with the true essence of healing: relationships. It pioneers the idea that a healer's relationship to others is an extension of their relationship to themselves.
A groundbreaking exploration of the bridge between Western medicine and spirituality from the perspective of a medical doctor. Drawing from personal and clinical experiences along with scientific research, Dr. Khaneja clearly explains the basic principles of A Course in Miracles. She offers simple, expansive, and effective tools for healing.
Dr. Gautier will speak to you in real words (layman's terms) about what is necessary to finally feel good, be healthy and understand the term "be your own doctor." With a step-by-step approach, you will be able to work through the book to cover the full spectrum of health. He will show you how and why "all disease is basically one and the same" and show you that sickness is a man-made disease for which there is a logical and applicable solution, providing you don't get misled with doctors who know very little, if anything, about real health and longevity. He will show you why this type of misunderstanding and complacency in society will keep you on the long, wrong road to ill-health. - You will learn why most doctors and hospitals practice sick care and not health care. - You will learn why approximately 95% of all people will die of cancer, heart disease or complications to diabetes and how you can lower your risk and even be excluded from this list if you learn a few things and practice them daily. - Learn what man has done to most all food, air, water and most all products you use on a daily basis to help cause most all sickness and disease known to man. - Why God's Law is the only true choice in reversing all sickness and disease. - Learn the real statistics on cancer and heart disease and learn why God's Law gives you your best chance for the body to strengthen and fight all it faces. - There are no cures, preventions or treatments that work, other than God's Law which allows you the only true way to fight all foreign invaders.
Heal Thyself is the paperback edition of The End of My Addiction—a memoir of Ameisen's struggle and a call to action. "[This book is] the story of the dazzling discovery of a cure that could soon be within reach of all . . . you must read this book." —David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PHD, author of Healing Without Freud or Prozac and Anticancer When Olivier Ameisen's book was first published, Barbara Fisher noted in The Boston Globe that "this is not your usual memoir of addiction, degradation, and redemption." His story is indeed unusual—not because he was a brilliant cardiologist who developed a profound addiction to alcohol, or because he tried numerous treatment options and none helped. His story was the story of millions of alcoholics—until he decided to take his treatment into his own hands. Searching for a cure for his deadly disease, he happened upon baclofen, a safe muscle relaxant that had recently shown promising results in studies with laboratory animals addicted to a wide variety of substances. Ameisen experimented with increasingly higher dosages until he reached a level that left him free of any craving for alcohol. That was more than six years ago. In the past year, a growing number of researchers and doctors have been inspired by Ameisen and begun prescribing baclofen and lobbying for wide-scale studies into how the drug works. Last spring, no less an authority than the leading medical journal Alcoholand Alcoholism endorsed the book. Hailing Dr. Ameisen as "a remarkable medical researcher," it summed up its assessment strongly and directly: "This book is to be recommended."
TPhysicians have an extremely important job, one that is the culmination of years of hard work. They dedicate their lives to helping others and at times are faced with literal life-or-death decisions. But often they are so busy taking care of others, they neglect to take care of themselves, which can lead to burnout. They feel overwhelmed and exhausted, struggle to keep up with it all, and in some cases may wish to leave medicine entirely. In Doctor, Heal Thyself, Dr. Dilip Kumar Gupta shares principles, strategies, and techniques that you can use to manage your stress and improve your life. Dr. Dilip Kumar Gupta draws on what he found through his own experience with burnout and what he has learned since through study and coaching his fellow physicians to bring you this invaluable book.