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In Gallup’s most recent poll on the most honest and ethical professions in America, nurses, doctors, pharmacists and dentists ranked in the top 5, with nurses topping the list. But the situation still gets worse.
With a focus on patient outcomes, healthcare leaders who keep the key benefits of data integration in mind will more efficiently overcome the challenges of adopting the most valuable medicaltechnologies for their organization.
By sending patients home earlier, aren’t we just transferring the burden of their care onto them, their loved ones, and community-based nurses? And it is not fair to strictly rely on community-based nurses who may visit a recovering patient for a few minutes, possibly twice or three times a day.
Many technologies may be comforting in the immediate term, but could also be preventing innovation at the edge. I think a lot about fax machines in this way: yet providers are still highly dependent on faxing, as I’ve learned from people in my Twitter feed who are quick to remind me this. When is the right time to “jump the curve?”
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Along with our Founder, Joe Kiani, we are laser focused on achieving a safer healthcare system, with zero preventable harm—both for patients and clinicians. Our goals for 2023 are aimed at four major targets: Actionable Evidence-Based Practices to reduce common causes of preventable patient harm.
Their contributions not only help us to renew our commitment to a culture of safety but to also foster global connections that will enable us to move the needle in eliminating preventable patient and healthcare worker harm. The Summit’s focus is on eliminating preventable harm for both patients and healthcare workers.
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As someone who works in a clinic that serves marginalized and underserved communities, she describes the important role pharmacists can play on a healthcare team alongside doctors and nurses to ensure patients get the appropriate medications with minimal drug interactions. Of the seven resulting deaths, one was deemed preventable.
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” Or conversely, “Hey, based on this, we saved you a trip to the cath lab, but let’s talk about your lipid management to prevent further issues down the road.” And then I began my career as a critical care nurse, and I started actually at York Hospital. Two, fun fact, I drove a 1985 Chevette in 2005.
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