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Medicine, Codes, and Braille

By Gayle Porter
September 27, 2024

Did you know that pharmaceutical companies spend $6 billion on drug advertising in the U.S.?[1] Why do you think they spend so much money advertising products that Americans are already

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Safety: Worth A Fortune

By Gayle Porter
August 16, 2024

Have you noticed that our culture has become increasingly reactionary? I mean, there is an entire genre on YouTube for Reaction Videos. People sit and watch other people react

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Part II: What is Quality for the Rest of Us?

By Gayle Porter
October 3, 2022

At first, I was disappointed with some of the reactive responses to adverse events: Nurses on my team were sometimes counseled or written up for being the “origin” of

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Patient Consent: A Manifesto

By Gayle Porter
September 19, 2022

We have an accessibility problem in healthcare. Translation services are difficult to obtain and utilize, and for patients who are illiterate, or whose primary language is, for example, Mexican

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