RECOMMENDED READING

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Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals:  How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care From The Inside Out 

   -  by Peter Pronovost, PhD, MD & Eric Vohr

Josie's Story:  A Mother's Inspiring Crusade To Make Medical Care Safe 

   -  by Sorrell King

Solving for Why:  A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose

     -  by Dr. Mark G. Shrime, MD, PhD

Being Mortal:  Medicine And What Matters In The End 

   - by Atul Gawande, MD 

That Good Night:  Life And Medicine In The Eleventh Hour 

   -  by Sunita Puri, MD 

The Conversation:  A Revolutionary Plan For End-of-Life Care  

   - by Angelo Volandes. MD

Extreme Measures:  Finding A Better Path To The End Of Life  

   - by Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD 

Living Well With a Serious Illness:  A Guide to Palliative Care for Mind, Body and Spirit

   - by Robin Bennett Kanarek

We CAN Fix Healthcare:  The Future Is Now  

   - by Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, Gregory P. Shea, PhD and  Michael J. Hoad, MA 

Feelin' Alright:  How The Message In The Music Can Make Healthcare Healthier  

   - by Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, with Ken Terry

Patients Come Second:  Leading Change by Changing the Way You Lead

   - by Paul Spiegelman and Britt Berrett

Compassionomics:  The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference 

   - by Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH and Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE

Wonder Drug:  7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is The Best Medicine For Yourself

   - by Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH and Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE

Where Does It Hurt:  An Entrepreneur's Guide To Fixing Health Care 

   - by Jonathan Bush with Stephen Maker 

The Price We Pay:  What Broke American Healthcare - And How To Fix It  

   - by Marty Makary, MD

Unaccountable:  What Hospitals Won't Tell You And How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care 

   - by Marty Makary, MD

Catastrophic Care:  How American Health Care Killed My Father - And How We Can Fix It 

   - by David Goldhill 

In Shock:  My Journey From Death To Recovery And The Redemptive Power of Hope 

   - by Rana Awdish, MD 

Chasing My Cure:  A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action

   - by David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc

The Blue Zones:  9 Lessons For Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

   - by Dan Buettner

Young Forever:  The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life

   - by Mark Hyman, MD

Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions   

   - by Kate Lorig, DrPH, David Sobel, MD, MPH, Diana Laurent, MPH, Marian Minor, PT, PhD, Virginia Gonzalez, MPH and Maureen Gecht-Silver, OTD, MPH

Growing Physician Leaders:  Empowering Doctors To Improve Our Healthcare 

  - by Lt. General Mark Hertling, US Army (Retired) 

Why Hospitals Should Fly:  The Ultimate Flight Plan To Patient Safety And Quality Care

   - by John J. Nance, JD 

The Internet Of Healthy Things 

   - by Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Carol Colman and Gina Cella

When Breath Becomes Air

   - by Paul Kalanithi, MD 

The Last Lecture

   - by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow 

The Color Of Atmosphere:  One Doctor's Journey In And Out Of Medicine

   - by Maggie Kozel, MD

My Legs Are Crying:  What a Pediatrician Learned About Emotionally-Based Illness

   - by Maggie Kozel, MD

Lost Connections:  Uncovering The Real Causes Of Depression - And The Unexpected Solutions

   - by Johann Hari 

Killer Cure:  Why Health Care Is The Second Leading Cause Of Death In America And How To Ensure That It's Not Yours

   - by Elizabeth Bewley

The Baptist Health Care Journey To Excellence:  Creating A Culture That WOW's

   - by Al Stubblefield 

The Cleveland Clinic Way: Lessons in Excellence From One Of The World's Leading Healthcare Organization

  - by Toby Cosgrove, MD

Service Fanatics:  How To Build Superior Patient Experience The Cleveland Clinic Way

  - by James Merlino, MD

Management Lessons From Mayo Clinic: Inside One Of The World's Most Admired Service Organizations

  - by Leonard L. Berry and Kent D. Seltman

Prescription For Excellence: Leadership Lessons For Creating A World-Class Customer Experience From UCLA Health System

  - by Joseph A. Michelli, PhD 

99 Lessons Learned From Disney To Improve The Patient Experience

  - by Jake Poore and Jenna Kinkade

If Disney Ran Your Hospital:  9 1/2 Things You Would Do Differently

  - by Fred Lee 

Hardwiring Excellence:  Purpose, Worthwhile Work & Making a Difference 

  - by Quint Studer

The Infinite Game 

   - by Simon Sinek

Start With Why:  How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action 

   - by Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last:  Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't 

   - by Simon Sinek

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 

   - by Stephen R. Covey

Half Time:  Moving From Success to Significance

   - by Bob Buford

Think Again:  The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

   - by Adam Grant

Unreasonable Hospitality:  The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

   - by Will Guidara

Everybody Matters:  The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family 

   - by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia

The Heart of Business:  Leadership Principles For The Next Era Of Capitalism

   - by Hubert Joly with Caroline Lambert

Lead With Imagination:  Regaining The Power To Lead And Live In A Changing World 

   - by Brian Paradis & Curtis W. Wallace 

Unscripted:  the unpredictable moments that make life EXTRAORDINARY

   - by Ernie Johnson Jr. 

The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

  - by Rich Diviney

The Talent War:  How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent

   - by Mike Sarraille & George Randle 

Th Promises of Giants: How YOU can fill the leadership void

  - by John Amaechi

Mission Driven Leadership: My Journey as a Radical Capitalist

   - by Mark Bertolini

Trillion Dollar Coach:  The Leadership Playbook From Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell 

   - by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle

Fundamentally Different::  Building a Culture of Success Through Organizational Values

   - by David Friedman 

Culture By Design:  8 Simple Steps To Drive Better Individual And Organizational Performance 

   - by David Friedman 

The 12 Week Year:  Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months

   - by Brian Moran and Michael Lennington

Doesn't Hurt To Ask:  Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade

   - by Trey Gowdy  

Start, Stay, or Leave:  The Art of Decision Making

   - by Trey Gowdy 

Permission to Screw Up:  How I Learned to Lead by Doing (Almost) Everything Wrong

   - by Kristen Hadeed

Thirst :  A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World

   - by Scott Harrison

Trust First :  A True Story About the Power of Giving People Second Chances

   - by Bruce Deel with Sara Grace

Lead with LUV :  A Different Way to Create Real Success

   - by Ken Blanchard & Colleen Barrett