Writer, Healthcare Change Agent, Editor-In-Chief @pleaseseemelit1 Founder, Center for Healthcare Narratives medstariqs.org/healthcarenar…

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Walking on Broken Glass: A Physician Activist Walks Cross-Country to Improve Healthcare Safety - 250K still die due to med error. HCP suicide & violence high before C19, now worse. Narrative is career fighting for patient/hcp safety w/stories of those harmed inc #PitMad #A #NF
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20 Jul 2023
Love to see this work continue. It's our stories that keep change alive. The "why" we do anything is for the people we serve, love, care for! @AELPSofficial #MedEd #advocacy @acgme @residentphysician #patientsafety #medicalerror @pfps_us @MHatlie @CHemmelgarnMS @KellySmithPhD
Jack Gentry talks about the importance of open and honest communication after medical harm to 35 future healthcare leaders at our AELPS Patient Safety Summer Camp in MD.
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20 Jul 2023
Looking forward to joining you @ajibikelapite and @AAPSOPT! Love that you are embracing narrative medicine and advocacy. Excited to join you this weekend in dialogue and learn from you as well. Thanks for the invitation!
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We are excited to get our 2023 Spring/Summer Animals & Health Issue #13 into the world 7/24! We will also announce our 4th Annual Mental Health Awareness Writing Contest winners at that time too! #litmag #MentalHealthMatters #supportanimals #writers #poets #photography #MedEd
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22 Feb 2023
Always a pleasure to talk #healthcare #change with Ron Wyatt MD -- #leadership #empathy and #love can build bridges that transcend long held #bias and ignorance @WalkForPtSafety @MHatlie @pfps_us @ImproveDX @TheIHI @Rosemary100
In our latest episode of LitHealth, @tgranz talks with Dr. Ronald Wyatt about structural racism in healthcare. They discuss how his personal experiences with racism in 1970's Alabama relates to current issues around inequity and disparity. Tune in at, buff.ly/3VuQ4ja.
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Celebrated 4 week anniversary from total hip replacement w/5 mile walk. TY to Dr. Boucher & the great team at @MedStarHealth Union Memorial Hospital for getting me back on the trails to continue raising awareness of need to focus on #healthcare safety #physicianwellness
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Calling all Young Investigators leading science in #quality, #safety, and #value! Our @AcademyHealth #AHQualValIG interest group has #Awards to support attendance and presentation at the upcoming #ARM2023 Submissions close March 10! academyhealth.org/page/annua… @ihpmeuoft

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27 Jan 2023
Great conversation with Steve Burrows, @HBODocs director of #BleedOut on the power of narratives to change hearts, minds & healthcare. #filmdirector #Documentary #MedEd #behaviorchange #stories #healthcare #narratives #medhum @WalkForPtSafety
Our first 2023 episode of @MedStarIQS LitHealth #podcast is with award-winning #filmmaker & #patientadvocate Steve Burrows who talks about the power of story to fuel healthcare change with @tgranz buff.ly/3wsdf26 @LeapfrogGroup @HBODocs #BleedOut @hhask @pfps_us
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24 Jan 2023
Our annual #MentalHealthAwareness #WritingContest is open for Submissions thru 3/6. The theme for this issue is Animals & Health! Look forward to reading and viewing this work too. #Digitalart and #photography welcome. @CLMPorg @AmLarks @todgoldberg @davidulin
Now taking Submissions for our Spring 2023 #MentalHealthAwareness #writingcontest. Issue is themed Animals & Health--send us your #digitalart #shortstories #poetry & #nonfiction thru March 6th bit.ly/3wbtsc2 #Healing #Horses #Guidedogs #SupportAnimals @CLMPorg
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20 Jan 2023
Thanks #TylerJorgensonMD for sharing what it feels like from the caring #physician point of view when critical decisions need to be made for and on behalf of patients. Excellent example of #essay / #creativenonfiction too! @MedStarIQS @WalkForPtSafety @hhask
In this issue @tylerjorgensenMD on #instagram writes abt the weight #emergencymedicine physicians carry when making critical, lifesaving decisions daily. #shareddecisionmaking #patientadvocate @EmergencyMedBMJ @ACEPNow @emresidents @EMSwami @srrezaie bit.ly/3QLBMZd
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As always, the folks at @pleaseseemelit1 do a wonderful job in compiling stories of candor, courage and compassion. Whatever the Diagnosis, kindness and empathy will always be central to each clinical encounter. The stories in this issue highlight just that!
Issue #12: Diagnosis is live! Happy New Year! Thx to M Tamara Cutler & Alison Marek for cover image & short film on #MultipleSclerosis #diagnosis An inspiring issue filled with #health stories. @MedStarIQS @Rosemary100 @hhask @WalkForPtSafety @MHatlie bit.ly/3i2ofjl
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Too many wonderful artists to thx as we embark upon a new year filled w/opportunity to connect through stories. Thx @thatplaceUlove for sharing yours with us! Tagging artists & healthcare change agents-pls share! @JudithNowak @thevinyakjain @YishauOlukorede @nk_masinga @davidulin
Issue #12: Diagnosis is live! Happy New Year! Thx to M Tamara Cutler & Alison Marek for cover image & short film on #MultipleSclerosis #diagnosis An inspiring issue filled with #health stories. @MedStarIQS @Rosemary100 @hhask @WalkForPtSafety @MHatlie bit.ly/3i2ofjl
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20 years ago I was diagnosed with #MultipleSclerosis. I had a friend film it. A story about it published last night at @pleaseseemelit1. Thanks to @tgranz for the encouragement: pleaseseeme.com/issue-12-dia…

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19 Nov 2022
Such an important story by such an important writer. @DeanneStillman2 is an advocate for humans & #horses and does the well-researched writing that demands attention. It was a pleasure to talk with her for this episode. Learn more here: bit.ly/3EKLwPb #SDOH #healthequity

In today's episode of LitHealth, @tgranz and critically acclaimed author @DeanneStillman2 discuss her book, Twentynine Palms, about the murders of Mandi Scott and Rosalie Ortega, by Marine Valentine Underwood, and its relevance to healthcare disparities. buff.ly/3euanN1.
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12 Nov 2022
Apply now to join the summer 2023 @AELPSofficial. Experience hands-on education and training from international #patientsafety leaders. Full scholarships available based on eligibility. Learn more at buff.ly/3U70OmK.
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12 Nov 2022
A pleasure to chat w/writer/actor/teacher @ClarindaRoss3 -- my mentor during our @UCRPDLRMFA program & passionate #patientadvocate before any inroads were made. Always entertaining, you can find her work at clarindaross.com #DisabilityTwitter #caregiving #peds #Genetics

LitHealth with @tgranz. In this episode, creator of the one-woman show, Spit Like a Big Girl, @ClarindaRoss3 will discuss the experiences and challenges of parenting her special needs daughter, Clara, two years before the Disabilities Act. buff.ly/3yGMpVq.
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Looking to learn more about how to "fix" what's broken in #healthcare? @WalkForPtSafety actually walked the talk across America to keep the #patientsafety mission alive. Tagging #ptsafety #hcldrs @AELPSofficial @TheRajivSethi @doctorscompany @JKFfoundation @KellySmithPhD
Honored to open the Leadership Summit @HQInstitute mtg this AM talking #healthcare #safety #transparency & my book "How to Safe When Entering the Healthcare System" @bnbooks bit.ly/3FWQJnT & @amazonbooks #hcldr #meded #patientadvocate @hhask @CHemmelgarnMS @SkolnikPatty
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Honor to highlight @Rosemary100 #ChinaRx & timeless content until this problem is solved & beyond. A lesson in why outsourcing comes with great responsibility esp when #medication is involved. Chk @US_FDA drug shortage list bit.ly/3DGu8t5 #amoxicillin most recentt add!
Tune into our premiere episode of the MIQS LitHealth Podcast. @tgranz speaks with @Rosemary100, author and Senior Advisor at the @hastingscenter about her book, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine. buff.ly/3EGQkp6.
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28 Oct 2022
Excited to share lastest from the Center for #Healthcare #Narratives! The LitHealth podcast series is "lighting a fire underneath the status quo of healthcare." Who better than @WalkForPtSafety to kick off our launch? #podcasts #bethechange #authors #changeagents @ClarindaRoss3
LitHealth podcast kicks off with Ep.4! @tgranz talks with Dr. Mayer, about his book, "How to Stay Safe When Entering the Healthcare System: A Physician Walks Across the Country to Raise Awareness of the Need to Improve Healthcare Safety." buff.ly/3s9IuwX. @WalkForPtSafety
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Tracy Granzyk retweeted
The Summer Supplement is a wonderful example of collaboration for #litmag community. When we share our stories around the world we become one global community working to solve #globalhealth challenges & success stories. Thx to @UIIWP @uiowa for vision! @CLMPorg @Ginafrangello
Guys 💃 #poetrycommunity check out my #poem “Collars of Worry” in pleaseseeme.com/psm-summer-s… #writerslift you’d love this music embedded poem I promise .thanks to @pleaseseemelit1 @nk_masinga @IowaWritersWksp @tgranz for the opportunity (listen to the audio too 😂)
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Guys 💃 #poetrycommunity check out my #poem “Collars of Worry” in pleaseseeme.com/psm-summer-s… #writerslift you’d love this music embedded poem I promise .thanks to @pleaseseemelit1 @nk_masinga @IowaWritersWksp @tgranz for the opportunity (listen to the audio too 😂)

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