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Address “Plane-Crash Level” Patient Harm, HHS Tells Hospitals, As Political Currents Swirl
The Department of Health and Human Services is launching an Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety that aims to recruit the nation’s largest health systems as participants.
When Medical Error Becomes Personal, Activism Becomes Painful
Though I’d never myself experienced a medical error, I became an activist. Recently, however, a relative was a victim, and the frustrating persistence of error became personally painful. [So I examined] more closely what the profession euphemistically …
Digital Health Firms Reverse Dollar-Bill Motto In Bid To Make Big Bucks
Digital health firms are increasingly betting that the key to success is offering “one to many” technologies that addresses workforce shortages by expanding the reach of clinicians.
“No Weekend Surgery”Dooming Many Awaiting Life-Saving Transplants: Report
Large numbers of Americans awaiting life-saving organ transplants are dying because many transplant centers don’t do surgery on the weekend. The overall rejection rate for available kidneys could be slashed…by measures such as ensuring centers perfor…
Leana Wen’s “Lifelines” Combines “ER,” PBS and “Oprah” In a Compelling Read
Wen is a public health expert and emergency room (ER) physician who’s become widely known during the Covid pandemic for her regular appearances on CNN, in major newspapers and testifying before Congress.
#BlackLivesMatter Meets #AllLivesMatter: Equity That Elevates Everyone’s Medical Care
Smith in New York and Hope in Chicago are pioneering equity innovations intended to eradicate the inferior care too often experienced by minorities even when providers’ intentions are good; i.e., the result of “unconscious bias.” It’s equity that eleva…
Can You Trust Digital Health Firms To Trust You?
What kind of health care organization would let a 10-year-old child make an instructional video, and what might that decision teach health tech companies trying to gain the trust of consumers? Conceding some control and embracing transparency would be …
Will Trump, Congressional Infections Boost Innovations For Covid-19 Survivors?
The recent burst of coronavirus infections could accelerate three significant innovations affecting every Covid-19 survivor.
Why Covid May Not Be Causing Your Doctor To Wash His Hands
Surprisingly, the Covid crisis may not be enough to boost hand hygiene compliance at hospitals. What’s urgently needed is leadership that embraces effective tactics and technology.
Bipartisan Bliss? Three Slightly Cynical Secrets Are Key In DC
While political conflict grabs headlines, bipartisan harmony reigned at a recent D.C. health policy. Three slightly cynical secrets plus a carefully crafted agenda, explain why.
