Pulsara Blog

3 min read

FirstNet 101 — What is it? And, How Does it Affect Healthcare?

Team Pulsara: Apr 27, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: Pulsara recently spent at day at the FirstNet Innovation Lab in Boulder Colorado where Pulsara is now installed. The Lab is a centralized location to showcase the capabilities of...

1 min read

How Simple Miscommunications Can Cost A Life

Hannah Ostrem: Apr 18, 2018

I recently heard a story about a STEMI patient that really drove home the magnitude of healthcare's communication problem. In this case, a member of the care team had administered a medication, and...

1 min read

Playing Telephone During Transitions of Care

Hannah Ostrem: Apr 13, 2018

Dr. Christopher Johnson recently authored an article about the Dangerous Game of Telephone in Hospitals. In the article, he describes his experience as an attending physician where hospital staff...

1 min read

How One Group is Trying to Shift the Digital Health Focus Away From Dollars and on to Patients

James Woodson, MD: Mar 14, 2018

$23.8 billion has flowed into the digital health industry over the last 7 years. But more often than not, tech startups focus more on dollars than on people impacted by their services. That's why --...

Inconsistencies in Processes of Care Result in Variable Survival Rates for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 

James Woodson, MD: Mar 09, 2018

Recently, the AHA released recommendations that cardiac resuscitation systems of care be put in place and should involve "interconnected community, emergency medical services, and hospital efforts to...

The Enormous Cost of Adverse Patient Safety Events [2022 Forecast]

James Woodson, MD: Mar 06, 2018

According to a recent study, adverse patient safety events across healthcare segments resulted in a cost burden of an estimated $317.93 BILLION on the US and European healthcare systems in 2016. This...

1 min read

Healthcare Systems Concepts -- What is a System? Part 1 [Vlog]

Mic Gunderson: Feb 20, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following blog post was written by guest author Mic Gunderson, President of the Center for Systems Improvement. Mic has been involved in emergency healthcare for over 40 years in...