Category: Patient Safety

Latchkey Seniors

By Gayle Porter
June 20, 2023

As the Baby Boomers retire, many are facing decreased social connections, scattered family support and economic challenges.[1] Out of this situation, many seniors find themselves living alone at home.

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A Nurse’s Wish for National Nurses Week (and no, it’s not a pizza party)

By Gayle Porter
May 8, 2023

I love having lunch with my nurse colleagues. Whenever we fuel our minds over salads and sandwiches, we also solve problems in healthcare, identifying what we believe is the

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Quality and Digital Change

By Gayle Porter
February 28, 2023

I’ve realized that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is only as good as the data it consumes. If the data pipeline is weak, the AI program withers like a city in

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Surveys & Peer Review

By Gayle Porter
December 12, 2022

I learned in school that it helps to have someone check my work before I submit embarrassing spelling errors about “Bare Activity in the Forest” to my biology teacher.

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Finding Data in the Patient’s Story

By Gayle Porter
November 28, 2022

The first time I watched the film, The Matrix, I remember looking at the ones and zeroes on Neo’s screen and wondering, “What is the story? Where is the

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Rounding

By Gayle Porter
October 10, 2022

Research shows that bedside nurses who told patients they would check on them every hour on a handful of critical topics (belongings, pain, etc.) were able to reduce patient

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