To cap this year’s Patient Safety Awareness Week, the Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy (Pulse) is offering a virtual symposium designed for a broad audience, reflecting Pulse’s interest in reaching all individuals and communities with information to help make healthcare safe, accessible and patient-centered. Register here. The event is part of a […]
The news reports are telling us lately that people are calling 911 when its not an emergency and tying up the emergency response teams who are needed for “real” emergencies. But what is an emergency? Don’t assume people know this. It is part of the disconnect between patient care and patient safety. In 2010 I […]
Editor’s Note: This post was first published October 27, 2021, on the Rants of a Patient Safety Advocate blog. Ilene adds a note to say that she has collected her favorite blog posts and advocacy tips in a book. which can be ordered here. Proceeds help support the Pulse Center for Patient Safety. Congratulations, Ilene! I sat […]
When my world became focused on patient safety 30 years ago, it wasn’t only because of my personal experience. It became important because, by talking to others, I heard of many other stories where medical care went wrong or mistakes were made, and though the patients or their families saw it coming, they did not […]
As a patient advocate, I received a call from a woman who was angry that she was not permitted to see her husband in the hospital. She said her husband was too tired to speak up and she knows other people were able to visit loved ones. She couldn’t believe that at this hospital no one would […]