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James Woodson, MD: Jul 20, 2017
Communication and operational changes at hospitals, and within EMS systems, play key role in recent drop in the death rate from heart attacks....
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James Woodson, MD: Jun 29, 2017
Research suggests that medical errors play an even bigger role in preventable deaths in U.S. hospitals than previously estimated, and 80 percent of all serious medical errors involve...
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James Woodson, MD: May 24, 2017
It’s About People. As a society, we are obsessed with things. In fact, we have so many things, we’ve created the Internet of Things (IoT) to help us manage and learn from our things. What is the IoT?
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James Woodson, MD: May 18, 2017
As an emergency room physician, I experience firsthand the impact of outdated communication systems — how they hamper good patient care and challenge even the most talented, dedicated, and...
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James Woodson, MD: Mar 21, 2017
There's still much to learn about appropriate identification and triage of our stroke patients, but it is also important to understand what we can do NOW. A recent article on MedPage Today discussed...
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James Woodson, MD: Dec 01, 2016
We can’t say it enough: Uniting and empowering strong teams is the foundation of building Regional Systems of Care. But how can we do that when we give different members of the same “team” different...
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James Woodson, MD: Aug 17, 2016
QUESTION: How much time (and thereby, myocardium) is lost secondary to inefficient communication? In a recent article about why we struggle with treating heart attack patients in a timely manner, Dr....
