By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Featured in USATODAY.com | Grand Rounds – Health Tips American Heart Month may be officially over, but don’t let the lack of media attention fool you into thinking heart disease isn’t a critical issue. We still need to be mindful of the fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women. There are simple lifestyle choices you can make to help prevent you from heart disease. I…
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…
Read More...Health Care Reform and You – J.James Rohack, MD, AMA President – Live on Health in 30
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA [Please stay tuned for more info. This special show with J. James Rohack, MD will not air live on October 29th, however it will be rescheduled in the near future. Thank you.] Join me and for the first time my very special guest co-host, Kevin Soden, MD on Thursday, October 29, 2009 for a fascinating discussion with our medical expert, J.James Rohack, MD, President of the American Medical Association. …
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