Wednesday, October 23, 2013

When your father is Richard Corder, a fellow who spends a lot of his time helping hospitals become more patient-centric, you develop insights somewhat different from other 11-year-old girls.

Richard (hungry and sitting at the kitchen table, just about to bite into a tuna sandwich his wife has thoughtfully prepared):

Ah, this is just what the doctor ordered.

Carrie (sitting across from him):

Shouldn't that be, this is what the patient really wants?

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