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6410 Top Tips from Doctors for Patient Safety
I recently had to go to the emergency room to deal with some asthma problems that had gotten out of control. While I was there, I received a flyer from the doctors. This flier provided me with information...
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52My contrabution to Health Care Reform
I copied some of the stuff of here from whitehouse.gov. The rest is my contribution to finding health care reform for all Americans. President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass...
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70Why You Wait 6 Hours In An Emergency Room
Have you ever been to an Emergency Room where you spent the better part of your day either in the waiting room or lying on an uncomfortable bed on wheels, desperately wondering when someone was going to tell...
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61Heath Care and Medical Malpractice
The current debate over health care reform has caused a renewed discussion of medical malpractice and the misconception that defensive medicine is a bad thing. This misconception is fostered by a...
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64Protect Yourself from Medical Errors
No one likes to think medical errors actually happen, but sadly, they can and they do. Healthcare organizations do much to protect their patients - patient safety is the top on their list of priorities. Multidisciplinary teams of professionals work to plan care and deliver that care to patients, but a vital ingredient to the recipe for safe patient care is still missing. The most central person on any healthcare team is the patient. Patient involvement in care is vital to protecting oneself
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52ore Than a To-Do List: Build Teamwork, Improve Execution with a Project Checklist
A project checklist has been shown to improve execution in many industries, namely the medical field and the world of military aviation. The Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief cycle introduced by a checklist encourages collaborative, effective team building initiatives, which are critically important to executing maneuvers properly both in business and in combat.
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