Why Do We Need to Ask Patients to be Vigilant?
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First, I'll be a guest on a relatively new thing called “Lean Leadership Live!” this Friday at 1 PM. It's hosted by Chris Burnham and it's basically a live video podcast broadcast that will also be recorded and available afterward.
Second, Greg Jacobson, MD, and I are doing a different type of webinar next Thursday at 1 pm ET for KaiNexus. We're calling it “Ask Us Anything!” patterned after the popular Reddit “Ask Me Anything” series. You can submit questions in advance and we are also taking some live questions. Sign up here.
Here's a “Throwback Thursday” post from this date back in 2008.
The post is titled, “Why Do Hospitals Have to Rely on Vigilant Patients and Families?”
I think it's still an important and relevant post, here in 2015.
Why do we ask patients and families to be vigilant and inspect the work being done in hospitals? That should be the responsibility of hospital leadership and physician leaders, working together to improve the system and ensure quality.
See this related post from 2012: “Thoughts on Patient Safety Awareness Week“
And also see this related post from 2013: “New Website: AskMeIf.com, Buttons That Put the Quality Burden on Customers“
Do we ask staff to wear buttons like this, alongside the “Ask me if I washed my hands?” buttons??
Visit www.AskMeIf.com to see more.
Since 2008, I've learned about the Louise H. Batz Patient Safety Foundation and I've become a board member there. Please check out their “Batz Guide to Bedside Advocacy.”
It shouldn't be necessary, but it IS necessary in today's world.
Here's the original post from 2008:
What do you think? Are we putting too much of a burden on the patients and families?
How do you feel, as patient, about being asked to be vigilant?
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