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On Monday, my husband and I flew back to San Francisco from Boston after a two week visit.  As we were sitting in the airport waiting for our 4:13PM flight […]

In response to my latest newsletter posting, I got this wonderful email from an MD, OB/GYN  Rob Olson.  Rob wrote the following and told me I could post it on […]

Hippocrates may have said “first do no harm” centuries before Florence Nightingale reiterated the injunction, but nurses really believe that they are morally superior to physicians or many others [...]

Last week the Boston Globe reported more bad news about patient safety.  In an article entitled “Mass Hospitals’ Mistake List Widens”, the Globe reported that, [...]

Since writing my rant on SBAR last week, I want to pursue the issue of standardization of communication in healthcare.  As I said in my earlier post, many patient safety […]

The other day I was interviewing a physician who is an expert in patient safety and who teaches medical students and residents at a major teaching hospital.  We were discussing […]