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The Immortal

By Cohen Van Balen

“The Immortal investigates human dependence on electronics, the desire to make machines replicate organisms and our perception of anatomy as reflected by biomedical engineering.

A web of tubes and electric cords are interwoven in closed circuits through a Heart-Lung Machine, Dialysis Machine, an Infant Incubator, a Mechanical Ventilator and an Intraoperative Cell Salvage Machine. The organ replacement machines operate in orchestrated loops, keeping each other alive through circulation of electrical impulses, oxygen and artificial blood.”

Cohen Van Balen is a London based experimental practice, created by Cohen and Tuur Van Balen. They operate on the border between art and design. They produce fictional objects, photographs and videos exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial.

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"They thought they were going to get access to the gold mine of health care. I remember seeing them speak and thinking, ‘I can’t be this dumb.’ I couldn’t understand how their models would work. I’ve never seen a telephone call change behavior."

If this was a pill, you’d do anything to get it

"It may not be the best way to treat diabetes, but it’s the best way to treat the patient,” she said."

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"To understand the Zen principles, a good starting point is shibumi. It is an overarching concept, an ideal. It has no precise definition in Japanese, but its meaning is reserved for objects and experiences that exhibit in paradox and all at once the very best of everything and nothing: Elegant simplicity. Effortless effectiveness. Understated excellence. Beautiful imperfection."

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"There is no organization. There are only interdependent people who co-operate and interact in a continuous dynamic process without clear start- or endpoints."

Social Complexity – What does it mean? | Fractal Sauna

Weeding. Harvesting. Eating healthy. It all earns Miles during the #2012ghb (Taken with Instagram)

Quick tire change and we’re off to help Measurement Tech Northwest (one of the raddest companies in Seattle) launch their own mini internal Health Bowl. #2012ghb (Taken with Instagram)

Plotting participation in the #2012ghb (Taken with Instagram)

"I think in healthcare improvement efforts, too many issues are viewed as Mount Rainier or Cascades challenges, and we search for the ultimate highest point, as though there is always some best practice that will be the optimal solution for everyone. That’s fine for some problems- not all landscapes dance. Sometimes implementing the checklist is the way to go. How can we augment those approaches by helping organizations recognize the cues that it’s time to dance —to hear the beat, feel the rhythm emerging, and to see the swirling patterns of color and movement that means we should get up, get together, and, by using methods like LS, join the dance?"

Landscapes and Liberating Structures - Plexus Institute

Dental care is an important part of any Health HoME get bonus miles in the #2012ghb for performing preventive health tasks. Learn more at whf.org and healthhome.h3po.org. (Taken with Instagram)

Drink lots of water during #2012ghb (Taken with Instagram)

Biking’s a great way to earn Miles for #2012ghb (Taken with Instagram)

A little reading for the Governor’s Health Bowl. Found in our little office library. What are you reading? #2012ghb (Taken with Instagram)

"Achieving higher quality at a lower cost requires no less than transforming all of U.S. health care into a “learning” system, the panel said. That system “continuously improves by systematically capturing and broadly disseminating lessons from every care experience and new research discovery."

Care So Complex Its Cost Can Only Be Cut - The Commonwealth Fund