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James Woodson, MD: Oct 31, 2017
A recent article published on USA Today's website interviewed the CEO of Leapfrog Group, which assigns grades to hospitals based on "medical errors, infections and injuries, patient responses to...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Sep 27, 2017
If you missed my previous blog post about my recent hospitalization, then I encourage you to go back and give it a read. This post serves as part two of my up-close-and-personal experience with...
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James Woodson, MD: Sep 22, 2017
You chose this career. Why? Why did you go into public safety? Why did you go into healthcare? Why did you choose your specialty? There are a number of possible reasons: Money. Prestige. Honor. Love....
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James Woodson, MD: Sep 14, 2017
Is your job in healthcare to focus on and serve only the patient or is it also to serve others on the TEAM who are caring for the patient? Patient centric healthcare as we currently practice it is a...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Aug 30, 2017
If you've been following our blog for any amount of time now, you've heard us refer to the "communication crisis" in healthcare. Occasionally, those of us who work for Pulsara have the opportunity to...
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James Woodson, MD: Aug 03, 2017
Physician collaboration is associated with fewer patient deaths, readmissions, and emergency room visits. A study of patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) found that when...
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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. Although heart disease is still the number one killer of...
