Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I have cowritten this essay on the power of kindness in healthcare with two of the kindest people I know—Drs. Montori and Allwood. Kindness is a superpower… berryle-cwvae.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...berryle-cwvae.wordpress.com 041
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026In 2004, 2012, and now, coauthors and I have published the business case for using evidence-based design to build or renovate hospitals the right way. Here is the 2026 iteration: Fable Hospital 3.0 (link below). berryle-cwvae.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...berryle-cwvae.wordpress.com 000
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Dear friends, I hope that you will enjoy this new article that builds from our team’s work on social profit orientation. berryle-cwvae.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...berryle-cwvae.wordpress.com 000
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Dear friends, I hope that you will enjoy this new article that builds from our team’s work on social profit orientation. www.emerald.com/josm/article...emerald.comPurpose ignited: the transformative power of epiphanies in driving social profit orientationPurpose. This study explores how epiphanic experiences – sudden, identity-shifting insights – catalyze service leaders' adoption of a Social Profit Orientation (SPO), defined as a commitment to advanc... 000
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Caring for children in hospitals offers lessons for adult hospital care. This article explains: www.mcpiqojournal.org/article/S254...mcpiqojournal.orgWhat Adult Medical Care Can Learn from Pediatrics: Creating Comfort, Connection, and Joy in the HospitalThe hospital environment often feels austere, impersonal, and frightening to patients, regardless of their age. Some hospitals have found concrete, practical ways to make pediatric patients feel more ... 000
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 24/08/2025I am pleased to share a new article coauthored with a special friend, Dr. Karina Dahl Steffensen, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/... #HenryFordHealth #AalborgUniversitet #shareddecisionmaking #SDM #cancercare #familycaregivers #JCOOPascopubs.orgShared Decision Making Can—and Should—Actively Involve Family Caregivers | JCO Oncology Practice 011
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Sharing a new a new article on listening well and a recent one on speaking wisely---pillars of excellent medical care. So grateful to work with brilliant coauthors. www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002... www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...mayoclinicproceedings.orgThe Value — and the Values — of ListeningThe idea that clinicians should listen to their patients is deceptively simple. You take a history and ask questions as you conduct a physical exam. But unhurried, deep listening is not so simple, eve... 000
Dr. Leonard Berry @drlenberry.bsky.social · 24/01/2025My coauthors and I have had a remarkable reaction to our article on words clinicians should never use with patients. www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...mayoclinicproceedings.orgNever-Words: What Not to Say to Patients With Serious IllnessEngaging in sensitive, honest dialogue with seriously ill patients has become an even greater clinical challenge with the rapid progress in therapies for conditions such as advanced heart failure, can... 020
