Bi-Directional Empathy in Healthcare
Our co-founder, Christine Bechtel, was recently a guest on Anita Nowak’s Purposeful Empathy podcast, where she discussed the importance...
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3rd Conversation
- May 16
- 2 min
Patients and physicians join forces to promote clinician well-being
Our founder, Jennifer Sweeney, who has served as a non-clinician member on ACP's Physician Well-being and Professional Fulfillment...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 7, 2021
- 1 min
"We Need People": Catching up with Jeri Sumitani
As we reflect on the past year - while looking, with eyes full of hope, toward 2022 - we want to highlight reflections, interviews, and...
3rd Conversation
- Apr 20, 2021
- 1 min
Investing in primary care and patient/clinican relationships
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Reimagining relationship-based health care
Christine Bechtel and Jennifer Sweeney, two of our co-founders, recently published an article, Reimagining Relationship-Based Health Care...
3rd Conversation
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
Making a difference through relationship and connection
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Mar 23, 2021
- 3 min
A care team that goes beyond
At every 3rd Conversation Spark event, we invite both a clinician and a patient to act as storytellers – to share with us a powerful...
3rd Conversation
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Many primary care practices excluded from COVID-19 vaccine rollout efforts
New survey data show that one in four primary care clinicians who are willing and able to administer the COVID-19 vaccine do not have...
3rd Conversation
- Feb 4, 2021
- 1 min
Building trust and improving our mental health
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Where has 3rd Conversation been lately...
Miners Practice, Coaldale, PA Finger Lakes Community Health, Penn Yan, NY Virtually, of course! Due to the COVID pandemic, we pivoted our...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding and reducing medical mistrust
The Commonwealth Fund highlighted 3rd Conversation as a program that can help increase trust among patients and providers as part of a...
3rd Conversation
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
Vaccine rollout and primary care
The results of a recent national survey of primary care clinicians show that primary care’s capacity to triage and treat patients with...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Adding moments of mindfulness into your day
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 21, 2020
- 2 min
Being kind to yourself and others improves your health
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
Gratitude, trust, and co-producing health
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
How the patient/clinician relationship will help us survive the pandemic: Webinar
Christine Bechtel, co-founder of X4 Health, 3rd Conversation, and a patient advocate and Matt Lewis, chief Storyteller of 3rd...
3rd Conversation
- Nov 19, 2020
- 6 min
Relationships matter...and help sustain us: Interview with Sarah Smithson
The Narrative with Matt Lewis is a blog series that explores the importance of human connection, relationships, and hope, topics central...
3rd Conversation
- Nov 10, 2020
- 1 min
Being heard is vital to our health
The 3rd Conversation is focused on bringing together disparate groups to connect as humans and explore how that relationship can be a...
3rd Conversation
- Nov 3, 2020
- 2 min
Defining what's 'right' for primary care
What we define as ‘right’ in primary care matters What we measure, what we pay for, how we define success: These things should align with...
3rd Conversation
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Partnering with Patients to Redesign Health Care
Practically Speaking, Halloween Edition: The Tricks & Treats of Partnering with Patients & Family Members To Redesign… Well, Anything!...