We go to the hospital to seek care and treatment. Certainly, most fully expect to heal and come home better than when we went in. And no one expects to get sicker while in the hospital, but it happens. While all hospitals have policies and procedures in place to reduce a patient’s risk of harm […]
Hospital Issues
ICU Staffing Requirements
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us all the extraordinary, exhausting work performed by intensive care unit (ICU) doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals as they try to save extremely ill patients. However, as hard as these dedicated professionals work, staffing issues can put patients at risk. In fact, even before the pandemic, many patients in […]
How Common are Patient Identification Errors?
Needless to say, it would be upsetting if you were given the wrong medication because a nurse confused you with another patient. Even worse, what if a surgeon performed a procedure on you that was meant for another patient? Patient identification errors are the reason health care providers check your wristband and ask for you […]
Tips for Hospital Discharges
Our tips for hospital discharges can make the transition to home a bit easier. You might feel both happy and stressed when doctors decide you (or a loved one) can go home from the hospital. You may feel joy that you will soon be home in your own bed. But you might worry that you, […]
Protect Yourself from Superbugs
No one wants to get sicker during a hospital stay. Whether you (or a loved one) are in the hospital for a serious illness or a straight-forward surgery, developing an infection from a dangerous superbug can leave you clinging to life. The bad news: superbugs in hospitals are common and dangerous. And you don’t have […]