Chris, I hope all is well for you and your are healing and healthy.

I think hospitals are the victims of the same "chatter" that surrounds commercial business and non profits that ties to the belief we can always be doing a better job.

Science and technological advancements are so profound as it relates to health care.

Ultimately what we have to think about is that "hospitals" are an object. How they run is reliant on people, how they treat each other, the people they serve and what they learn together. We can talk and talk about improvement. My experience is that leadership and people make hospitals what they are today.

People are not perfect. I think what is difficult sometimes in a profession that constantly strives for perfection and works to observe a lot of regulation, law, policy and methods of care----is to find that balance.

Like you that is why I made an entry last week about it is rare I meet someone who works in health care that is not of good intention.

Part of the other challenge is that hospital care influences the quality of life for the patient and family outside the hospital and that the hospital cannot control. Our insurance schemes and employers and other aspects of life hold much influence on those outcomes.

Again, I hope you are well and I am glad your hospital stay for whatever reason was a supportive one.