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James Woodson, MD: Dec 01, 2016
We can’t say it enough: Uniting and empowering strong teams is the foundation of building Regional Systems of Care. But how can we do that when we give different members of the same “team” different...
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Shane Elmore, RN: Oct 18, 2016
When it comes to communication in healthcare, do you ever feel like you're playing a game of "telephone?" One of the most challenging aspects of living in the technological age is the speed of...
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Hannah Ostrem: Oct 11, 2016
Imagine this: It's a busy Saturday evening at the hospital. You are understaffed and overworked and it's one of those days where everything seems to be happening at once. The medics bring in a...
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Hannah Ostrem: Sep 15, 2016
We've said it before, and we will say it again: inefficient communication is costing our patients -- big time. A recent study revealed that changing the way EMS and hospital teams communicate --...
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Hannah Ostrem: Sep 13, 2016
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine yesterday, reports that the sugar industry, in particular the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF), sponsored and groomed major research in the 1950s which...
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Team Pulsara: Aug 30, 2016
EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to Cynthia Bradford Lencioni for writing today's blog post. You can connect with her on LinkedIn. __ 800 m freestyle 8:04.79 (World Record) Katie Ledecky August 12, 2016...
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James Woodson, MD: Aug 17, 2016
QUESTION: How much time (and thereby, myocardium) is lost secondary to inefficient communication? In a recent article about why we struggle with treating heart attack patients in a timely manner, Dr....