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On a mission I saw the http://73centsfilm.com/the-film/ for a second time this weekend, at Our City Film Festival, in Washington, DC. Hard to believe that we are almost at 4 years since the mural was started. And still really really hard to believe that Regina (@ReginaHolliday) started painting within a week of her husband’s death. [...]
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What could a patient possibly spot in a record that a doctor or nurse wouldn’t, the doctor asked. Holliday told him about how Fred’s doctors had ordered a walker for him but it never arrived. Had she been reading the record, she could have asked about it. She told him about how Fred’s record indicated [...]
0commentsIt only took 4 years to receive this e-mail pitch. Now, I’m just waiting for the one that promotes the film “73 cents, starring Julia Roberts….” Dear Dr. Eytan, Yachad, a DC non-profit, is sponsoring a film festival called Our City Film Festival, which will take place on March 9 and 10. This festival features [...]
2commentsWe are the non-compliant ones. Do you know what compliant means? It means docile, willing, obedient, manageable and submissive to an excessive degree. Ted may be a doctor. I may be a patient. In this we are one, out and proud. We are non-compliant. We question authority. We question folks who say “That is just [...]
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Here’s the story of my second Jacket. Regina Holliday’s ( @ReginaHolliday ) version on the left, my version on the right. Comments always welcome. “Non-compliant,”by Regina This is a jacket for my friend Ted Eytan. This is his second jacket and it depicts his story. He has been a member of the Walking Gallery for [...]
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View ’2012 Health Foo Day 2 12411′ on Flickr.com My letter – text is below Almost 3 years to the day (May 28, 2009), I wrote a blog post entitled “Is it meaningful if patients can’t use it?”, that detailed my first meeting of Regina Holliday ( @ReginaHolliday , blog ). In it, I wondered if the then-unannounced [...]
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View 2012 American Hospital Association Meeting and Jacket Presentation 11909 on Flickr.com I chose this photograph of Isaac Holliday, wearing his jacket entitled “Feelings,” which he designed himself, with a little help from a famous local artist and also his mother, Regina Holliday ( @ReginaHolliday ). In the photo, Isaac is playing with the bubble [...]