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We are proud to announce that we won a 2011 Caregiver Friendly® Award for being one of the best products of 2011 from Today’s Caregiver Magazine.  We are thrilled to be recognized as a superior product.

 

 

 

We had a successful exhibit at the annual congress of the Oncology Nursing Society, April 28-30, in Boston.  We are excited that hundreds of nurses were interested in the ZaggoCare system and plan on recommending it to their patients.  Thanks to all the nurses who took the time to stop at our booth to learn about ZaggoCare and how it can help patients and families become more engaged, empowered, effective members of their medical teams.

 

 

 

Group Raises Money to Purchase ZaggoCare Systems for Members in Need

The Religious School Committee at Temple Beth Shalom in Peabody, MA raised enough money to purchase four ZaggoCare systems for the temple community.  Money was donated by children and parents.   (photo: Ariane Sudenfield, Solvi Helhoski, Lauren Small)

Can you pull together a group at your temple, church or school to do the same?  What a great way for your community to help others when they are struggling with an illness or injury.

 

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    New Site for Finding Clinical Trials

    April 11, 2013

    It can be very overwhelming to deal with a serious illness.  As you are researching  potential treatments, you can find an endless amount of information on-line.  It can be stressful to figure out what clinical trials are are underway at facilities throughout the U.S. and the world. Now there is a My Clinical Trial Locator – a free, easy to use site to search for information on clinical trials.  You can search: For information on clinical trials, clinical research and observational studies in the U.S. and world – even those that are not open to new patients – learn: eligibility guidelines contact information Search by disease, condition, or location Find information on many types of clinical trials, including: drugs and medications medical devices medical procedures and interventions lifestyle/behavioral studies, such as those evaluating diet and exercise Visit www.MyClinicalTrialLocator.com for plenty more »

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    Doctors Missing Test Result Alerts Due to Overload

    March 22, 2013

    It is common to assume that “no news is good news” when it comes to medical test results.  Don’t count on it! A study published March 4, 2013 in JAMA Internal Medicine found that some doctors are so overloaded with abnormal test result alerts, that they sometimes overlook important alerts.    This is clearly a major health issue. The study was conducted at the VA Medical Center in Houston, and involved a survey of 2,590 primary care practitioners.  A summary of the findings: Median number of alerts was 63 per day/per doctor. 86.9% of the doctors felt this was an “excessive” number of alerts. 69.6% stated that they felt they were receiving more alerts than they could effectively manage. 29.8% reported that they had personally missed abnormal test result alerts that led to delays in patient care. What can you more »

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    Medication Errors Common at Hospital Discharge

    January 30, 2013

    When you (or a loved one) are being discharged from the hospital, there is a lot to keep track of, including medications, home care needs, follow up appointments, etc.  Unfortunately, there is frequent misunderstanding regarding which medications to take and how to take them. A recent study led by Dr. Leora Horwitz at Yale-New Haven Hospital reviewed 377 patients (age 64+) who had been admitted with heart failure, acute coronary symptoms or pneumonia, who then were discharged to home. Findings: 81% experienced a medication error due to provider error, or because the patient had no understanding of at least one intended medication change. 24% of the medication errors were due to provider error. 60% did not understand at least one of their medication changes (a new or altered prescription, or a discontinuation of a medication, based on their recent hospitalization). more »

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    Surgical ‘Never Events’ Occur More Than You Would Think

    January 17, 2013

    It’s every patient’s worst nightmare – a surgeon makes a mistake, a big mistake.  The wrong operation is preformed.  Something is left inside.  The wrong body part is operated on.  Think it rarely happens?  Not so. A recent study led by Dr. Marty Makary at Johns Hopkins (published in Surgery) estimates that these so-called “never events” occurred in U.S. hospitals over 80,000 times in 20 years (1990-2010).  They actually believe their estimates might be low. What did they find?  The researchers found that surgeons, as a group, in the United States: Leave a foreign object (sponge, etc) inside a patient’s body 39 times/week Perform the wrong procedure 20 times/week Operate on the wrong body part 20 times/week Luckily, the affects of these mistakes are generally not fatal.  However, they did find that: Death occurred in 6.6% of the cases Permanent more »

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