On the heels of National Family Caregivers Month in November, which this year carried the theme of “Supercharge Your Caregiving,” here is a way to carry out that charge year-round. And carry it out we must, because health care can no longer ignore these folks. The...

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,...

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.”...

By Tim Cunningham He collapsed at school by his locker, just 11 years old. After 9-1-1 was called, the EMTs arrived and began CPR immediately. He was brought to our emergency department and we did everything we could — IVs, ventilation, sympathomimetic drips — but...

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...

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...

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 expectation...

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...

"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 Ariana Eunjung Cha May...

Sorrel presented the 19th annual Stanley P. Mayers Endowed Lecture April 14th at Penn State.   Here is the write up from the college newspaper, The Collegian.  ...

Listen to Peter Pronovost talk about medical errors, check lists, putting possibility above limits, having a humble and curious culture, solving problems regardless of the system, creating connected communities and more... Believing and Belonging | Peter Pronovost |...

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...

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...

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...

A caring career holds numerous opportunities for service Published in: boston.com Issue/Volume: May 2, 2013 Written by: By Cindy Atoji Keene 5/2/2013 - May 2, 2013.  To read the full article follow this link:...