Tag: Patient Safety
Podcast #218 – Karen Kiel-Rosser, Baldrige & Mary Greeley Medical Center
My guest for episode #218 is Karen Kiel-Rosser, Vice President/Quality Improvement Officer at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Iowa. You can see her full bio...
It’s Patient Safety Awareness Week and I Was Surprised That This...
This week is the annual Patient Safety Awareness Week, presented by the National Patient Safety Foundation, a non-profit that I like and support. As...
A Call for Partners to Measure Improvement Results using “The Batz...
Some of you might know that I'm on the board of a Texas-based non profit, the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation. It's an...
The One Thing Google Should Show When You Search for a...
Today's post is hosted over at LinkedIn, as part of my participation in the LinkedIn Influencers series.
The post is titled: "The One Thing Google...
A Story About a Hospital Putting Safety First Over Patient Satisfaction
In yesterday's blog post ("Safety is always our top priority" - From lip service to daily practice?"), I challenged hospital leaders to back up...
“Safety is always our top priority” – From lip service to...
It's really easy to make statements like "patient safety is our top priority." That same statement can be applied to hospital staff, as well.
Or,...
Podcast #215 – John Ervin, Lean & Patient Safety in the...
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Today's guest is my friend John Ervin and we were able to sit down together here in San Antonio to record this episode. John has...
Why don’t we do what we know we’re supposed to do?...
It's easy to point fingers at others who don't do what they know they're supposed to do.
Why don't those nurses and doctors properly clean...
What Does ThedaCare CEO Dean Gruner, MD Say About Safety?
For today's "Throwback Thursday," I recently re-watched parts of a DVD I helped produce a few years back for the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare...
What President Bill Clinton and VP Joe Biden Said About Patient...
Healthcare has become very politicized in the U.S. (and in Canada and other countries). I think the patient safety crisis (and trying to solve...
Tweets & Notes from a Patient Safety Conference
Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the "Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit" in Irvine, California, as part of my role as a board member for the Louise...
#Throwback Thursday: Punishing and Jailing People for Patient Harm
Today is another "Throwback Thursday" post where I revisit posts from the past. Friday and Saturday, I'm going to be attending the "Patient Safety,...
