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“Creativity and Arts in Healthcare” gains support in Kentucky!
Kentucky Center Here’s an arts organization working to instill art into the healing process - Kentucky Performing Arts Center in Louisville. In the fall of last year, Norton Hospital and James...
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What’s a ‘Magnet’ hospital?
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman So what is a “Magnet Hospital?” The term...
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Physicians and Creative Interventions…
Have you ever wondered whether physicians believe in the healing properties of the creative process or even considered utilizing creative interventions in their professional work? A post written...
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Using Creativity and the Arts to Heal Patients (and staff)…
What is creativity? What does it mean to be creative? The word or phrase is usually associated with artists and artist types, be they painters, dancers, musicians, writers, crafters and comedians....
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Incorporating the patient’s perspective
Lupus or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, chronic autoimmune disease of the connective tissues in which the immune system attacks itself by developing antibodies leading to widespread...
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Planetree: a model for Patient Centered Care…
Have you ever heard of Planetree? I learned of this intriguing non-profit organization a number of years ago and of their mission to help health care organizations develop patient centered...
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Give Patients A Lift With Music…a hospice story
Vitas Innovative Hospice Care in Miami, Florida has a music appreciation program where volunteers share their musical talents with hospice patients throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach...
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Brain feels rewarded while looking at art…
Did you know that looking at paintings rather than photographs activates the brain’s “reward system?” A very small study (8 study participants) by Emory University School of Medicine concludes the...
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In Defense of Writing…
This post is written by a graduate in English literature turned nurse – Sashana Macatangay. She is enrolled in the Master’s in Nursing program at Azusa Pacific University. Sashana believes the act of...
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How an Occupational Therapist Used Creativity to Help a Child…
Occupational therapists help patients from a variety of backgrounds, from those who have debilitating medical conditions to soldiers returning from war with multiple injuries. My youngest sister has...
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Creative Encounters at University of New Mexico Hospital
A recent CNN article (July 5, 2013) publicized the benefits of an arts-in-medicine program at University of New Mexico Hospital. The mission of the arts program is to “facilitate creative encounters...
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Candace Pert, Explorer of the Brain
Candace Pert, my favorite scientist, died recently from a heart attack…read the New York Times article. Her book, Molecules of Emotion, had such an impact on me in terms of my work as a painter, and...
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Email Comments by Readers
“I was checking out blogs on the Arts and Healing Network site and found yours. Those of us who face the certainty of uncertain health really appreciate the gifts you share.” ~Carmen A. “…been...
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Poetry, Painting to Earn an M.D.
Is incorporating the arts such as poetry, painting and writing into medical school curriculum beneficial to medical students? According to a Wall Street Journal article, it is. In an effort to teach...
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Is Healthcare Analytics an Art?
First of all, what is analytics? Simply put, it is transforming data into information and knowledge, and making those insights actionable. Healthcare analytics is applying statistical tools and...
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Do you know how to be your own best patient advocate?
In ‘To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System’ report, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) estimates 98,000 people die from preventable medical errors. The likelihood of experiencing a medical...
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Get ready to be awed…
Here’s a series of 4 videos by The New York Times about Antarctica. Watch the 4th video, ‘Under A Cracked Sky,’ and swim with seals, explore ice caves and float above the seabed crawling with life.
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