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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

Managing diabetes as early as possible is key, which is why this year’s theme for National Diabetes Month is building a healthcare team. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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Improving Healthcare Experiences with Collaboration: Case Studies

CiscoHealth

Search on Google for technology in healthcare. At the very core, healthcare is about collaboration between caregivers and patients. All the while, performance and growth are top of mind for healthcare CIOs. Healthcare organizations have to allocate spending like any other business. NYC Health + Hospitals.

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State Approaches to Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

NASHP

The state has a contract in place with Xtend Healthcare to provide the majority of the contact tracing workforce in the state. The New Mexico Department of Health is leading five regional contact-tracing teams statewide. In New York City, the city’s public hospital system will lead tracing work. Contracting.

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