Category: Innovation

Safety Culture & Virtue 9: Managers on the Frontline

By Gayle Porter
July 25, 2025

How does the administrative wing respond to scrutiny? We are wired to have a fight or flight response, but surely there is a better way for managers to handle

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Smart Staff Surveys

By Gayle Porter
November 8, 2024

I heard about some fantastic solutions implemented by Advocate Health to improve the Nurse Manager role and the results make me feel hopeful. The problem they identified is that

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“Jarvis, Fetch My Labs”

By Gayle Porter
August 2, 2024

Have you ever really considered the leap from one technology to another? Have you ever wondered what the future of healthcare will be? Will Jarvis report my cholesterol to

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Refuse to Stay Sick

By Gayle Porter
April 26, 2024

After fending off a cold, I was looking forward to tasting my food again, leaving the tissues at home, and hosting dinner nights with friends. Instead, our whole family

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Digital Harm?

By Gayle Porter
February 15, 2024

The patient’s transfer and medication reconciliation had been done twice – once by the attending physician and once by the specialist ordering an upgrade in acuity. As the nurses

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My Clinical Wish List: A Portable MAR for Respiratory Therapy

By Gayle Porter
December 8, 2023

I recently visited a big box store to buy groceries while I host our family from out of town. The best part of this trip was that I was

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