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Memphis—Food for Thought
Jim Bailey will talk about his novel, The End of Healing, and will lead discussion about Dr. Don Newman's path to find health care that heals. Food for Thought has a long tradition of nurturing the art of conversation and civil discourse in Memphis. Initial inspiration for Food for Thought came from a cover story in the Utne Reader in 1991 about the famous gatherings hosted by Gertrude Stein in Paris. Salons at that time were incubators of provocative ideas, the frontiers of cultural change with passionate…
Find out more »Memphis—Central Library Daytime Books & Beyond Book Club
Join author Jim Bailey for a reading and discussion of The End of Healing. Jim will be available to sign books after the discussion.
Find out more »Memphis—Explore Memphis Finale
Jim Bailey will share his thoughts on sports, health, and fitness and the path to wellness at the Explore Memphis Finale at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library. Explore Memphis offers fun programs for children, cool classes for teens, free books for families, enrichment opportunities for adults, and special benefits throughout the city for readers and library card holders. This summer Explore Memphis is celebrating sports, health, and fitness. Get in the game and exercise your mind by reading The End of Healing. On…
Find out more »Boston—Massachusetts General Hospital, Stoeckle Center Seminar Presentation
Jim Bailey will speak at the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital on "The End of Healing and the Path to High Value Health Care". The morning Stoeckle Center seminars are offered monthly and are open to physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, administrators, and medicine/pediatric residents. Invited speakers are frequently experts with national reputations, and the conference has allowed recognition of MGH “best practices” within our primary care community.
Find out more »Health Watch USA Webinar
Jim Bailey will discuss his novel, The End of Healing, and talk about "Why healthcare may be hazardous for your health" for the monthly Health Watch USA Webinar.
Find out more »Hollywood, FL—Society of General Internal Medicine
Dr. Jim Bailey will speak about "The Path to High Value Health Care" as part of a symposium entitled Primary Care Practice Transformation: The Path to High Value Health Care and Satisfying, Sustainable Careers for Physicians at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Find out more »Charleston—Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Jim Bailey will speak to medical students and faculty on The Path to High-Value Health Care for Department of Medicine Grand Rounds at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Using the story of his young physician hero, Dr. Don Newman, he will show the kind of courage the path to best evidence-based practice and true health system transformation demands. In light of these stories, his talk will examine why the world of modern healthcare—more than any other social sector in the United States today—needs heroes. Dr.…
Find out more »Philadephia—University of Pennsylvania General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Jim is speaking at Penn's Division of General Internal Medicine Grand Rounds about "The End of Healing and the Path to High Value Health Care". How can we move from the current dangerous and expensive hospital-based rescue care system to find and support true healing? We need to start by remembering what Ben Franklin told us: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Find out more »Seattle—UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety Address
Jim Bailey will use real-life stories drawn from his novel, The End of Healing, to reveal how the diagnostic, therapeutic, and systems errors that patients and their healers experience each day have powerful ethical dimensions. Using the story of his young physician hero, Dr. Don Newman, he will show the kind of courage the path to best evidence-based practice and true health system transformation demands. In light of these stories, his talk will examine why the world of modern healthcare—more than any other social sector in the United…
Find out more »Atlanta—IHI Open School Emory Chapter Address and Signing
Jim Bailey will speak to medical, nursing, and public health students in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School Chapter of Emory University. Using real-life stories drawn from his novel, The End of Healing, Dr. Bailey will reveal how the diagnostic, therapeutic, and systems errors that patients and their healers experience each day have powerful ethical dimensions. Using the story of his young physician hero, Dr. Don Newman, he will show the kind of courage the path to best evidence-based practice and true health…
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