Category Archives: Patient Safety Activism
Hospital Visitation Restrictions Are Hurting Patients and Nurses — New protocols and COVID mitigation techniques can enable safe visitation
September 8, 2021Medpage Today | by Karen Cox, PhD, RN, and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH September 2, 2021 As COVID-19 began rapidly spreading across the U.S., hospitals adopted policies that prohibited patient visitation — a
Long past time for affordable health care — a real public option
April 28, 2021CT VIEWPOINTS by KATE FARRAR AND JILLIAN GILCHREST FEBRUARY 16, 2021 The COVID-19 health and economic crisis lays bare the need for a real public option healthcare bill in Connecticut. Senate Bill
Some reliable resources about who should get the COVID-19 vaccine and what to consider
January 8, 2021Whether or not you, as an individual, should get the COVID-19 vaccine should be a decision made on an person by person basis. We are not making any recommendations either
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: How COVID Spreads Indoors
October 7, 2020October 6, 2020 | Frank Diamond While reiterating that SARS-CoV-2 most commonly spreads through close contact (less than 6 feet, and for about 15 minutes) with a symptomatic or
Staying Active While Social Distancing: Questions and Answers
July 8, 2020During our new way of life, as we deal with the novel coronavirus, it is quite important that we remember that life is not only about the virus. For many
Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now
July 8, 2020The New York Times | The Coronavirus Outbreak | By Apoorva Mandavilli | July 6, 2020 Leer en español The coronavirus can stay aloft for hours in tiny droplets in stagnant air, infecting
COVID-19 and Health Equity — Serving the Underserved, Poorly Served, and Never Served
June 10, 2020National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine | Feature Story | May 5, 2020 | By Stephanie Miceli The novel coronavirus has been called “the great equalizer,” when in reality, it has only
From Camping To Dining Out: Here’s How Experts Rate The Risks Of 14 Summer Activities
June 3, 2020Shots HEALTH NEWS FROM NPR THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS May 23, 20201:55 PM ET | ALLISON AUBREY, LAUREL WAMSLEY, CARMEL WROTH 6-Minute Listen Download Meredith Miotke for NPR It has been around two months
As states reopen, here’s how you protect yourself from the coming surge
May 7, 2020Food for thought…. When/As the rules are being relaxed, and just because you will now be allowed to go out in public doesn’t mean you should. Is this the right
Measuring Maternal Mortality
May 2, 2020February 6, 2020 Laurie Zephyrin, M.D. and Eugene Declercq Last week, for the first time since 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reported new data on maternal mortality in the