by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health
This week, my wife went to a bookstore, and, knowing my fascination with Ancient Greece she bought the book The Ancient Greeks by M.I. Finley (pictured above). This book reminded me of one of the terms the Ancient Greeks used for health—euexia—one which roughly...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Ikigai
At a recent physician-centric healthcare conference, a CEO, who is also a physician, asked the audience how would they spend one million dollars to help improve physician satisfaction and retention. My answer was quite simple: create an “ikigai fund, ” one which...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Poetry, Writing
In the forward to The Haiku Handbook, I read a lovely term : word-nest. Some word-nests come easily. … That is what haiku is all about, It teaches us to build a nest of words to protect our inspiration until a reader can experience it in his or her own way as...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media Ethics, Twitter, Twitter Ethics
Take a moment to read this part of the Hippocratic Oath: Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter
I occasionally blog about Twitter, sometimes about its potential benefits as a tool for healthcare interventions, (see my recent post Twitter As A Proxy Metric For Institutional Digital Trust), sometimes as an emotional tool (see my post Tweeting To Destroy), and...
