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Newsletter, January 2023

Patient Safety Movement

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. Adverse drug events accounted for 39.0%

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Newsletter, November 2022

Patient Safety Movement

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. Managing diabetes as early as possible is key, which is why this year’s theme for National Diabetes Month is building a healthcare team. Get Routine Care to Stay Healthy : Regular checkups are paramount.

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State Approaches to Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Partnering, the state is managing contact tracing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting by providing some staff. Contracting , private-sector staff will work with local health departments. Led and implemented by the state’s Centers for Disease C ontrol and Prevention. Contracting. Centralized. Centralized.

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