http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjpw7BmeZFA&feature=share
This video is short, less than 2 minutes, and is a must-see by patient safety pioneer, Lucian Leape. From December, 2011.
September 22, 2011
USA: Alicia Cole is an actress, an HAI survivor, and one of the best spokespersons we have in the war on Hospital Acquired Infections. After battling for years to come back from flesh-eating bacteria she got in a dirty California hospital, Alicia is now healthy enough to step in front of the camera again. Her… [Read more…]
September 15, 2011
NY: Trisha Torrey aka Every Patient’s Advocate wrote this open letter to hospitals in New York state regarding their data in the latest performance report released to the public for the state’s hospitals. While sone of her comments are directed at specific institutions, IMHO this letter should be sent to every hospital in the country. It is… [Read more…]
September 6, 2011
USA: Dan Walters sent me a heads up on this thoughtful piece written by Emily Beitiko for The Center of Genetics & Society. Like many of you, I personally know several people who have received faulty medical devices – devices that turned out to be recalled long before they were ever implanted in their bodies.… [Read more…]
August 5, 2011
USA: Last night the intrepid team from USA Today released their annual interactive roundup of death and readmission rates for every major hospital in the US. I wait for this report every summer; it is my favorite hospital performance tool on the planet. Why? There is no spin. No selective data omissions that might embarrass… [Read more…]
July 25, 2011
Today, July 25, 2011 is World Patient Safety Day. It has been observed since 2001 and was begun by a small group of dedicated and persistent survivors who have lost children, spouses, parents, siblings and friends to one of the greatest didn’t-have-to-happen epidemics our planet has ever seen – preventable medical harm. This observance should give you a… [Read more…]
July 12, 2011
USA: This article came in this afternoon from Dr. Julia Hallisy, co-founder of the Empowered Patient Coalition. It was written by Dr. Erik Steele for the Bangor Daily News and is titled The Hospital Patient’s Safety Checklist, Part 2. Part 1 ran earlier but don’t fret; the link is included. The info in this article is very… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
I got a heads up this afternoon from actress and patient advocate Veronica James about a very important petition that deserves your attention. It involves gag orders, which is a hot button topic with me. You don’t want to hear me rant about non-disclosure agreements on a pretty Saturday so I’ll just say they are wrong,… [Read more…]
June 20, 2011
CALIFORNIA: This invitation to patient activists comes from Daniela Nuñez with Consumers Union. There will be a rally Wednesday morning, June 22, 2011, from 8:30 – 9:30 (Pacific Time) at the San Francisco Superior Court. This rally is in support of Niles’ Law, passed in 2008, which requires public reporting of HAIs (hospital-acquired infections.) Recently,… [Read more…]
June 11, 2011
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Thought I’d call your attention to this story that ran last month in NewHamshireLakesAndMountains.com, a newspaper still quaint enough to devote a good deal of space to local heroes, like patient advocate Lori Nerbonne and her important work. Lori is the founder of New Hampshire Patient Voices and she is a champion for patients’… [Read more…]
March 1, 2012
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