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Unproven healthcare will bankrupt America

Sensible Medicine

It can take several years for the full safety profile of drugs to be known. For instance, CAR-T was given to myeloma patients in 2014, but we only learned it can cause Parkinsonism in 2021. Some speakers represented patient advocacy organizations and later lashed out at me on twitter.

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Improving Care for Patients with a Non-English Language Preference (NELP)

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Improving patient safety systems for patients with limited English proficiency: a guide for hospitals. Hospital and health system-level interventions to improve care for limited English proficiency patients: a systematic review. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. December 2021.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: A Tale of 2 Injection Injuries

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The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Updat-ed Jun 23 2021. Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. Stories of med mal lawsuits can save lives.

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Emergency department staff views of NHS 111 First: qualitative interview study in England

Emergency Medicine Journal

In 2020, 111 First was introduced to triage patients before entry to the ED and to offer direct booking for patients needing ED or urgent care into same-day arrival time slots. 111 First continues to be used post pandemic, but concerns about patient safety, delays or inequities in accessing care have been voiced.

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Policy Playbook: Labor Actions and Unionization in Healthcare

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there were 31 recorded healthcare strikes in 2021, 39 recorded healthcare strikes in 2022, and 37 healthcare strikes in 2023 as of November 3rd. months between 1993 and 2021 to one strike every 1.4 months between 1993 and 2021 to one strike every 1.4 Trends in labor unionization among US health care workers, 2009-2021.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Dirt left in wound leads to infection

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The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Danks RR, Jun 22, 2021. Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. Stories of med mal lawsuits can save lives.

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Medical Malpractice Insights: Failed communication of incidental mediastinal mass

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The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Medscape eMedicine, August 2, 2021. Here’s another case from Medical Malpractice Insights – Learning from Lawsuits , a monthly email newsletter for ED physicians. Mueller DK.