Feb
4
Share the Care
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Share the Care
Carl Heard, MD, MMM
A Poem to aid Healthcare Professionals in work flow and outcomes redesign
The reapportioned vigil of healthcare
Begins with those who are aware
Of a new and loving way
To carry forth the sick and gray
By reaching with an open hand
To gather those who understand
That the wheel in which we run
Must be tossed, not redone
We may feel we’re on our backs
When swift change rends and attacks
The work that we must do
Within the team of me and you
But this is just the place
To redesign and erase
Crazy times too busy to think
To a place where problems shrink
From the burden that is disease
We will learn how to ease
The suffering of patient and colleague
From worthless routine we will be freed
To help people choose a life of vigor
Whether rich or poor or ditch digger
Those we strive to help mend
Are just us in the end