Every clinician, nurse, clinical practitioner, and health care system wants the best outcomes for their patients. Lucian Leape was one of the first to discuss the topic of patient safety [...]
As we move into the second half of 2021, many countries are still dealing with COVID-19 or one of its new variant strains. Over 15 months into the pandemic, healthcare [...]
I am an anesthesiologist by training, and have just retired as chairman of a very busy anesthesia department in Dallas, Texas. I trained in London in the late 1960s. Back [...]
In the United States, many areas have returned to a “new normal,” as the COVID-19 pandemic has come under control.
What have we learned and where did we fail?
The successes included [...]
Dear Readers,
On July 29th, 2005, United States President George W. Bush signed the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) of 2005 into law. This act authorized the creation of [...]
Dear Readers,
The nation reached a grim milestone in late February, when total COVID-19 deaths in the United States reached 500,000. While this number is only an estimate, it demonstrates that [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
