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Newsletter, April 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Medical technology companies are developing new devices to assist us. National Nurses Week: May 6-12, 2023 This Nurses Week, we salute all nurses around the world for the attention and care they provide to ensure safe and equitable healthcare for every patient. Nurses Day on May 6 (U.S.)

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Newsletter, October 2022

Patient Safety Movement

NEW FEDERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE NURSING HOME SAFETY The White House has just announced a plan to improve the safety and quality of care in the nation’s nursing homes, aimed to protect seniors from an industry known for its lack of accountability. To learn more about this important and developing issue, be sure to read the full article.

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Newsletter, May 2023

Patient Safety Movement

I already feel the momentum being created by patients and patient families, patient safety organizations, healthcare facilities, industry and medical organizations, physicians and nurses, pharmacists, politicians, and even predictive analytics and artificial intelligence.

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Newsletter, January 2023

Patient Safety Movement

As someone who works in a clinic that serves marginalized and underserved communities, she describes the important role pharmacists can play on a healthcare team alongside doctors and nurses to ensure patients get the appropriate medications with minimal drug interactions. Of the seven resulting deaths, one was deemed preventable.

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Newsletter, December 2022

Patient Safety Movement

Yet recent studies have found that nurses only complied with handwashing procedures 42% of the time and physicians only 38% of the time. However, hospital-acquired infections are actually on the rise since the pandemic, according to the CDC, as healthcare workers are still washing or desanitizing their hands less than they should.

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Newsletter, July 2023

Patient Safety Movement

An article published by CNN Health updated the state of current efforts to create a National Patient Safety Board. With bipartisan support, the Patient Safety Act, a bill that would limit nurse-to-patient ratios in Pennsylvania hospitals, passed the State House and is headed to the State Senate, according to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.

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Newsletter, November 2023

Patient Safety Movement

Thanks to Elijeko Foundation, lives are being saved in Ghana through preventive health education and free healthcare screenings. Andrews Kwabena Nyantakyi, a US Navy veteran and registered nurse, founded Elijeko Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, in 2016.