Blog Category: Letters from the Foundation

In health care, we must address what one speaker called “lazy proxies” if we truly want to build trust.

The combination of transparent public reporting and sharing of best practices epitomizes an environment of reciprocal trust.

Relationships are the core of trust and without them medical students, resident and practicing physicians have less humanistic qualities, including compassion and communication skills.

Imagine working in an environment where a traditional model of hierarchical, authoritative, physician-centric management is replaced by new patterns of relating that foster collaboration, group learning, nurturing and a flattened social order on health care teams.

At the heart of the Voices of Duke Health is a passion for the art of listening.