Positive Deviance (PD) and MRSA
The Plexus Institute PD MRSA Prevention Partnership involves collaboration among a network of hospitals, PD facilitators, Positive Deviance Initiative, CDC, and Delmarva Foundation/Maryland Patient Safety Center. The Partnership is committed to pioneering the use Positive Deviance in MRSA prevention. Here you will find resources on PD and MRSA along with stories about the efforts in hospitals to eliminate MRSA transmissions through the active and genuine engagement of staff..
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On the Edge: Nursing in the Age of Complexity
This book, the first to address complexity science and nursing, is a product of the Plexus Institute science and nursing communities. It addresses the broad implications of the science for nursing practice, research, policy making and leadership.
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Pathways to Prevention
Certain patterns of human relationship emerge in tandem with successful infection control.
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RWJF Final Report on PD MRSA Prevention Partnership
This report was submitted to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and presents a summary of the accomplishments and lessons from the PD MRSA Prevention Partnership. This partnership was dedicated to pilot testing the social change process Positive Deviance in hospital efforts to reduce MRSA infections.
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Understanding Healing Relationships in Primary Care
Clinicians often have an intuitive understanding of how their relationships with patients foster healing.Recent research shows clinicians practice three processes foster healing relationships: valuing thepatient, and beingnonjudgmental; using power in ways that benefit the patient, and being committed to the patient over time.
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Notes on the Plexus Summit 2008
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Marcus Thygeson, MD, reflects on degeneracy, redundancy, metastability and other matters.
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Complexity in the John Fowles Novel Daniel Martin
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Nov 10 2008 to Jan 19 2009
Dicussions with Kelly Cresap start Nov. 10 on alternate Monday evenings to explore this book's literary complexity.
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Jerry Sternin, Innovator and Positive Deviance Pioneer, Died December 11
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Jerry Sternin, who helped people all over the world use Positive Deviance to address intractable problems, "evoked our better angels."
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NY Times Year in Ideas 2008 Cites Positive Deviance, Sternins and Plexus
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The innovative work of Jerry and Monique Sternin, pioneers of Positive Deviance as a behavioral change process, and the Plexus Institute initiative using PD to fight MRSA in hospitals, is one of The York Times Magazine featured ideas of the year.
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Community Healthcare Discussion on End of Life Issues
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Join this important conversation 1PM to 2:30 PM ET Tuesday, Dec. 30 Tell the New Administration Your Views To listen to this call click here:
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Mind and Life Institute: Zen Brain II
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Jan 7 2009 to Jan 11 2009
Open Presence, Selflessness and Compassion: Perspectives from Buddhism, Neuroscience and Complexity Theory
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Collaborative Teams and Cultural Transformation in Healthcare
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Jan 9 2009
PlexusCalls: Paul Uhlig, Peter Block and Jon Lloyd discuss changes that can help healthcare
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Leading Organizations to Health: A Complexity Perspective on Leading Organizational Change
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Apr 1 2009 to Jan 31 2010
A 10-month leadership institute for leaders in healthcare and related fields begins in April.
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On the Edge- Nursing and Healthcare in the Age of Complexity, 2nd annual conference
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Jul 12 2009 to Jul 14 2009
Join us for our 2nd annual On the Edge series conference.
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Mary Boone
Given the role of serendipity in understanding complex phenomena, it’s not surprising that I sort of backed my way into complexity work.
I have been fascinated with human communication for over 25 years. My career started in graduate school where I studied Communication Theory at the University of Texas. After school, I put my social science background to work in the field of collaborative technologies. (This was back when we were doing threaded discussions from the C:> prompt!) I went into the field of technology because no one could figure out what my degree in Organizational Communication really meant. I just couldn’t get people to understand that I wasn’t planning to spend my time writing internal employee newsletters for a living.
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