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Read More...Medical Experts Respond to Swine Flu: H1N1 Flu Vaccine – Who Should Get It, Who Shouldn’t Get It and Is It Safe?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA In a recent post, Swine Flu: H1N1 Flu Vaccine – Who Should Get It, Who Shouldn’t Get It and Is It Safe, a Healthin30 reader, Doriorio posted a comment and questioned the safety of the H1N1 Flu Vaccine. Doriorio writes: “Hi. Thanks for a great post. My pediatrician expressed concern to me about potential adjuvents in the H1N1 vaccines, saying that there are six manufacturers and potentially a wide…
Read More...Hand Washing and Swine Flu H1N1 – Still Important
Barbara and Kevin’s First, “He Said, She Said” Read our tips in our next post to find out how to be an empowered health consumer! She Said – Barbara Health Information – Confusing? I think most of us feel that there is so much health information circulating the web, in print and on TV that it can often be confusing. Major news networks may have the best intention to provide solid information, but there are…
Read More...He Said, She Said – Viewpoints from Kevin Soden, MD & Barbara Ficarra, RN
Welcome to He Said, She Said! He Said, She Said will be an ongoing posts with views from Kevin Soden, MD, MPH and Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA. Kevin and Barbara will provide their own unique insights into the health news of the day. As any man and woman who work in varying parts of the health care system and live in very different geographic and social communities, their perspectives may or may not vary…
Read More...Transparency is Critical for Safe Quality Patient Care
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston is determined to eliminate preventable harm to patients by increasing transparency. Documented on the BIDMC’s website, a list of hospital wide measures including infections, hand hygiene and nursing care are highlighted. Keeping track of central line infections, hand hygiene, pressure ulcers and falls, Levy is determined to eliminate preventable harm to patients. Aggressive goals have been set…
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