Patient Safety Blog

President Biden’s Take and Action Plan on COVID-19

February 3, 2021 | 3 minute read

Letter from the Chairman, February 2021 Dear Readers, Since inauguration, President Biden made the COVID-19 pandemic his top priority. His goal was to unify the country and get COVID-19 under control. He [...]

Artículo de Blog: Consentimiento Informado

January 29, 2021 | 10 minute read

By: Olivia Lounsbury, Clinical Research Coordinator and Brittney Cini, Confirmed Consent

Los médicos a menudo tienen prioridades en el entorno clínico que reducen el tiempo para un diálogo a fondo con los pacientes. Esta conversación generalmente contiene información sobre procedimientos o [...]

Blog Article: How to Improve and Maximize the Potential of Electronic Health Records

January 28, 2021 | 7 minute read

By: Susan E. Lyon, Patient Advocate

Every single time you borrow money—from student loans to credit cards or home mortgages and car loans—it all goes into several databases, all run by for-profit businesses who happily compile [...]

Blog Article: Connecting with Patients

January 18, 2021 | 5 minute read

By: David Mayer, MD, CEO Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Executive Director MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety

Engaging with patients is a time-honored tradition in medicine, and by no means a new concept. A great physician-patient relationship is something that every patient would love to have. Back [...]

Blog Article: Informed Consent

January 15, 2021 | 10 minute read

By: Olivia Lounsbury, Clinical Research Coordinator

Clinicians often have competing priorities in the clinical setting which hinder their ability to provide time for thorough dialogue with patients. Often, this dialogue contains information about procedures or processes [...]

Letter from the Chairman, January 2021

January 7, 2021

Dear Readers, 2020 has been a very difficult year for everyone. The COVID-19 virus turned out to be much more contagious than any of us had imagined. Now, nine months later, [...]

Letter from the Chairman, December 2020

December 3, 2020

Dear Readers, I had hoped that this letter would be welcoming everyone to a happy holiday season with COVID-19 behind us and with life getting back to normal.  Instead, we are [...]

Letter from the Chairman, November 2020

November 2, 2020

Dear Readers, The third wave of COVID-19 has hit the United States and most of the world.  What have we learned so far? Firstly, COVID-19 is very contagious and is spread mainly [...]

A Father’s Journey to Sepsis Legislation

October 26, 2020 | 8 minute read

By: Olivia Lounsbury, Clinical Research Coordinator

A parent should never have to watch their child die of sepsis after they’ve been asking repeatedly for help, screaming to be heard, with no response.  “Why is her fever so [...]

Letter from the Chairman, October 2020

October 6, 2020

Dear Readers, September was a very active month for the Patient Safety Movement Foundation! The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated the 2nd Annual World Patient Safety Day on September 17th, 2020.  World [...]