April 2017

The Basics of Intramuscular Injections: Understanding Risks and Best Practices

Intramuscular injections are required by even the healthiest of individuals, whose most frequent encounters with medical professionals are often focused on the need of these treatments in the form of flu shots or other basic immunizations. IM injections are crucial for ease of administration day-to-day usage because they allow medication to be absorbed into the […]

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Getting Everyone on the Same Page; How to Improve Hospital Communication 

  As sited by the Institute of Medicine in a 2012 report, the average elderly patient sees seven physicians across four different practices each year.[1] Additionally, IOM reports that the average surgery patient is seen by 27 different healthcare providers while at the hospital, and for a single patient undergoing a procedure, the intricate network

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Clearing Up the Real Consequences of Never Events

As we’ve discussed in many of our blog posts, the expectations of a hospital visit or procedure versus its reality often results in disappointment at best, court cases and mortality at worst. One attempt at boosting patients’ confidence in the modern medical system has been made by various organizations’ endorsement of eliminating “never events.” While

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