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Kerry O’Connell
Kerry O’Connell: Emotional Cohorting
Patient safety advocate Kerry O’Connell writes for National Patient Safety Foundation: “Some of the strongest human bonds on earth are between unrelated people who happen to share in a disaster. Consider what it would take in your facility to bring together patients who have experienced similar diseases or outcomes.”
Categories: Hospital Acquired Infections
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Dedicated patient safety advocate shares his story in Health Affairs article
This week I read a new article written by a dedicated patient safety advocate, Kerry O’Connell, published in Health Affairs, a prestigious healthcare journal.
Categories: Doctor Accountability, Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Devices & Drugs
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Two Arms, Two Choices: If Only I’d Known Then What I Know Now
Disabled by faulty arm surgery and harmed by a hospital-acquired infection, a patient wishes he’d been better informed. Article by Colorado patient safety advocate Kerry O’Connell for Health Affairs.
Categories: Doctor Accountability, Hospital Acquired Infections, Medical Device Safety, Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: GUDID, Kerry O'Connell, maude, National Practitioner Data Bank
