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Hospital rapid response teams can save lives

Published in: The Philadelphia Inquirer Written by: Michael R. Cohen, Ph.D. 6/15/2015 - Several tragic deaths about 15 years ago were compelling factors that led to patient- and family-initiated “Rapid Response Teams” (RRT) that were mentioned in my June 3, 2015...

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The thoroughbreds were in MD, not KY

THIS IS A BLOG BY A FORMER CEO OF A LARGE BOSTON HOSPITAL TO SHARE THOUGHTS ABOUT HOSPITALS, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH CARE ISSUES. Published in: NOT RUNNING A HOSPITAL Issue/Volume: SUNDAY, MAY 05, 2013 Blog Post Written by: Paul Levy 5/5/2013 - NOT RUNNING A HOSPITAL...

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Vail Valley Medical Center celebrates patient safety

Vail Valley Medical Center has announced its participation in the 2013 Patient Safety Awareness Week campaign, Patient Safety 7/365 and will offer a free luncheon event called “Josie's Story – A Family-Centered Approach to Patient Safety.”.. Published in: Vail Daily...

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Care Journal Announcement

5/30/2007 - The Josie King Foundation, a component fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation, is proud to announce an important new resource for patients and their families, the Care Journal. The Care Journal is a guided 30-day journal that patients and their...

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www.josieking.org Redesign

5/29/2007 - The Josie King Foundation, a component fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation, is proud to announce a new online resource for patient safety, www.josieking.org. The site is a one-stop guide for patients, their families, doctors, nurses, medical...

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Articles of Interest

A Nurse’s Journal: Writing Out the Storm

The Josie King Foundation believes that nurses are leading the charge for a safer, more compassionate health care system. But they realize that in addition to the joys of healing, nurses face many emotional upheavals related to patient suffering, a complex workplace,...

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What’s All This About Journaling?

By Hayley Phelan Oct. 25, 2018 It was my ex-husband who got me journaling again. Our marriage was falling apart, and, on the advice of his friend, he had started to do “morning pages,” a daily journaling practice from the seminal self-help book “The Artist’s Way.”...

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To Err Is Human, Even If You’re A Doctor

In 2002, my then 55-year-old father went to his doctor because of a severe headache. He was diagnosed with sinus infection and was given a nasal spray and sent home. His headache worsened into “the worst headache of my life,” and so the following day, he went back to...

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Human error plagues hospitals, speaker says

Published in the University of Delaware -The Review, March 8, 2016. http://udreview.com/human-error-plagues-hospitals-speaker-says/ - In January 2001, 18-month-old Josie King was admitted to the Johns Hopkins Hospital as a result of suffering third degree burns from a...

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The healthier your hospital the better your outcomes

Published in: Not Running A Hospital Written by: Paul Levy 4/29/2015 - I recently attended an Oslo meeting of the Dr Foster Global Comparators, an international group of hospitals that have been working together to share data and insights related to quality and...

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In a Culture of Disrespect, Patients Lose Out

Published in: New York Times Written by: DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. 7/19/2013 - To read the full article:http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2013/07/18/in-a-culture-of-disrespect-patients-lose-out/?_r=1& For more information about this press release, please contact Kate...

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