
17 episodes

Speak Up for SaferCare SaferCare Texas
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Patient safety is everybody’s business. Preventable medical errors occur in 10% of all patient encounters in a variety of healthcare settings, which can be devastating to patients, families, and the healthcare workers providing their care. Most errors originate from faulty systems or processes, and not individuals. Speak Up for SaferCare shares stories from subject matter experts, healthcare workers, patients, and caregivers-and aims to illuminate where things went wrong, so future harm is prevented.
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Rural Digital Literacy
In this episode, learn how rural librarian Dianne Connery became a community advocate in Pottsboro, Texas.
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Preventing Harm from Opioids with Dr. Emanuel George
In this episode, Dr. Emanuel George, an Associate Professor in the HSC College of Pharmacy, contrasts the differences between opioid and non-opioid pain medications and introduces non-pharmacologic methods for pain management.
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Age Friendly Health Systems with Dr. Kate Taylor
In this episode, Dr. Kate Taylor, Clinical Executive for SaferCare Texas and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner, explains how healthcare professionals should listen to what matters to them.
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From Routine Tonsillectomy to Steven Johnson Syndrome with Karen Sims
Listen to SaferCare Texas’ Director John Sims interview his wife, Karen Sims, as she shares her challenging healthcare journey.
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Knee Surgery Complications Seen Through a Patient's Lens with Brett Wells
In our second patient experience episode, meet Brett Wells as he shares his twelve-year journey following 39 surgeries.
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What is a Patient Safety Organization?
Karen Kendrick MSN, RN and the VP of Clinical Initiatives and Quality for the Texas Hospital Association, describes Patient Safety Organizations and how they improve patient safety and quality of care.