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How did this health care system add a personal touch?

Chip Heath and Dan Health
Policy
November 1, 2017


An excerpt from The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Defining moments shape our lives, but we don’t have to wait for them to happen. We can be the authors of them. What if a teacher could design a lesson …

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How did this health care system add a personal touch?

How a smart process helped Kaiser Permanente save lives

Chip Heath and Dan Health
Policy
March 27, 2013

The following is an exclusive excerpt adapted from #1 New York Times best selling authors Chip and Dan Heath’s new book Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, which was …

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How a smart process helped Kaiser Permanente save lives

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