Durably improving health is really, really hard. I’ve discussed this in the context of drug discovery, which must contend with the every-more-apparent reality that biology is incredibly complex, and science remarkably fragile. I’ve discussed this in the context of patient behavior, focusing on the need...
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on Thu, Apr 5 2012
Filed under: Uncategorized, health, Health care, Pharma & Healthcare, Innovation & Science, byline=David Shaywitz, Atul Gawande, Peter Pronovost, Patient, Hospital, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, New England Journal of Medicine, TechCrunch, Building the Organization of Tomorrow
Here is an article from ModernHealthcare.com that addresses the failure to report events causing patient harm. The article goes on to point out reasons for such a failure and the reasoning does make sense. However, I feel quite strongly that if nurses had the time to make reports and if those reports...
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on Sun, Jan 8 2012
Filed under: Medicare, Uncategorized, Patient Safety, Patient, Hospital, United States Department of Health and Human Services, adequate nursing staffing, quality care, Adverse event
Here is an article that talks about staffing…again. This article, however, is written from the administrator’s vantage point and is remarkable in what it states. Nurses are necessary! Nurses can affect the hospital’s bottom-line in either a good way or a bad way. She also goes on to...
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on Thu, Sep 1 2011
Filed under: Uncategorized, Nursing, Health care, Nurse, Hospital, Registered nurse, patient satisfaction, ratio of errors, staffing, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, turnover