by JKF Foundation | May 1, 2018 | Articles of Interest
The highly publicized crashes of two Boeing 737 Max aircraft quickly triggered pointed questions about the company’s commitment to safety versus profits. As we near the twentieth anniversary of the landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on medical error, To Err...
by JKF Foundation | Apr 30, 2018 | Articles of Interest
Hospitals cannot improve the patient experience without listening to — and acting on — patient feedback, Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for clinical safety at Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealthcare, said in a 2015 blog post for Baltimore-based Johns...
by JKF Foundation | Apr 9, 2018 | Articles of Interest
Patient safety is part of the patient experience promise clinicians make. Clinicians must integrate the patient into the care team to deliver on that promise. Source: Thinkstock By Sara Heath April 09, 2018 – When a patient visits a hospital, she has the...
by JKF Foundation | Mar 25, 2018 | Articles of Interest
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...
by JKF Foundation | May 4, 2016 | Articles of Interest
“A new study by patient safety researchers shows common medical errors may be the third leading cause of death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer”. (Deirdra O’Regan/The Washington Post) Read the full article in the Washington Post. By...
