prevention

It was one of those weeks. Many people could not ignore economic news, despite the abstract way we talk about it that makes so many people feel powerless and intimidated.

The administration announced its “compromise.” Bush-era tax cuts, including those for the richest people in the country, would remain in effect for another two years. The president’s own party was in revolt.

When we casually reveal where we work at social gatherings, most of us who work at KP get an earful. Often it’s positive. Some times it’s not. And sometimes friends, relatives or acquaintances ask us if they should join Kaiser Permanente.

Recently, I wrote about the collective grief that we all share as we watch the disaster pollute our precious Gulf of Mexico and everything in it. Today, I want to share some ideas about how such disasters can and must be prevented. Our important goal in Kaiser Permanente to create a continuous learning organization rests on those strategies for prevention.

I’ve been away from the blog desk.

Not really.

Too much to absorb; writing seemed to be irrelevant somehow. Observing, reflecting, making notes, all seemed more important, more respectful of the occurrences in our world.

It really is about the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.