Our colleague, Dale Ann Micalizzi, asked that we share the following announcement. It is a wonderful scholarship opportunity as well as a memorial to a young boy who lost his life due to a medical error.
Justin’s HOPE Project and IHI are pleased to announce the Justin Micalizzi Memorial IHI Scholarship for health caregivers who are committed to pediatric patient safety and providing a safe health care environment for their patients and families. The Scholarship covers the cost of Forum General Conference fees and includes a stipend for travel, lodging, or other conference costs and is intended for those serving vulnerable, underprivileged and underserved pediatric populations. Download scholarship application information or email info@ihi.org to learn more. Deadline is Friday, September 24, 2010.
Click here for more details.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
National Patient Safety Day -- July 25th, 2010
MITSS would like to join with the organizers, the World Patient Safety Day Committee, and the thousands of organizations and individuals worldwide in commemorating National, World, and Global Patient Safety Day which will be observed on July 25th. Please take a moment this Sunday to reflect and join in a shared vision of safer healthcare and a shared moment to honor the lives of all patients and family members affected by medical errors and harm.
We would also like to congratulate the Veterans Affairs' (VA) National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) team and PULSEAmerica as they have been chosen the recipients of this year's Florence Nightingale and Dr. E. Codman Patient Safety Day Awards.
For more information, go to www.patientsafetyday.com.
We would also like to congratulate the Veterans Affairs' (VA) National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) team and PULSEAmerica as they have been chosen the recipients of this year's Florence Nightingale and Dr. E. Codman Patient Safety Day Awards.
For more information, go to www.patientsafetyday.com.
Friday, July 16, 2010
"E-Patient Dave" Joins Speaker Lineup for MITSS Annual Dinner
MITSS is pleased to announce that Dave deBronkart, best known as "e-Patient Dave," will be providing the Opening Remarks for our 9th Annual Dinner to be held on Thursday evening, November 4th, at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA.
E-Patient Dave is a cancer patient and blogger who, in 2009, became a noted activist for healthcare transformation through participatory medicine and personal health data rights. The Boston Globe has called him "a recognized online champion of 'participatory medicine'." He is the author of "Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig: How an Empowered Patient Beat Stage IV Cancer (And What Healthcare Can Learn From It)," just released and available on Amazon.com. The unusual title comes from the positive approach he chose to confronting his disease.
Dave joins a wonderful lineup of speakers for the evening which will feature a Keynote by Dr. Anthony Whittemore, Chief Medical Officer and SVP of Clinical Affairs for the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. And, the Third Annual MITSS HOPE Award will be presented at the event, so save the date -- November 4th, 2010 -- and please join us!
E-Patient Dave is a cancer patient and blogger who, in 2009, became a noted activist for healthcare transformation through participatory medicine and personal health data rights. The Boston Globe has called him "a recognized online champion of 'participatory medicine'." He is the author of "Laugh, Sing, and Eat Like a Pig: How an Empowered Patient Beat Stage IV Cancer (And What Healthcare Can Learn From It)," just released and available on Amazon.com. The unusual title comes from the positive approach he chose to confronting his disease.
Dave joins a wonderful lineup of speakers for the evening which will feature a Keynote by Dr. Anthony Whittemore, Chief Medical Officer and SVP of Clinical Affairs for the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. And, the Third Annual MITSS HOPE Award will be presented at the event, so save the date -- November 4th, 2010 -- and please join us!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Best Hospitals 2010-11: the Honor Roll
How does your hospital rate? Are you surprised with the results. We'd love to hear from you. Click the click below to read article and the list of the top hospitals in the country.
Best Hospitals 2010-11: the Honor Roll
Best Hospitals 2010-11: the Honor Roll
Monday, June 21, 2010
"Humanity" in the Court System
Check out this interesting article about a judge in New York - a recipient of one of the Obama administration's healthcare reform grants - looking to inject a bit of humanity into the malpractice system.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
What We've Been Up To...
Yikes, it has been some time since our last blog post! We have committed one of the cardinal sins of social media -- we have allowed our blog to become stale!
In a sincere effort to rectify this unfortunate situation, and in an attempt to "freshen" our blog, we offer the following. Here are highlights of just some of the things MITSS has been working on of late. (With all of these exciting things going on, it's no wonder we've neglected our blog -- if only for a short time.)
-- MITSS has assembled a "blue ribbon" panel of experts from around the country to develop a tool kit for clinician support. We will be working feverishly over the summer and into the fall, and we expect to have something ready for release by the end of the year.
-- MITSS is bringing together nurse leaders from some of the minority communities and will be hosting an educational workshop slated for late August. Our goal is to find new and better ways to reach underserved populations with the MITSS message and our services. Stay tuned for details as they unfold.
-- We are now accepting nominations for our Third Annual HOPE Award. Go to www.mitsshopeaward.org for a description of the award, eligibility criteria, and a nomination form. Help us to recognize someone who is doing great work aligned with the MITSS mission (including yourself)!
-- Of course, we continue to provide educational support groups for patients and their families. We have one group just about wrapping up at the North Shore Hospital in Salem.
You can do your part, too. Let us know what you'd like to see discussed in this space and how we can better serve you. And, don't forget to check us out on Facebook -- become a fan of MITSS and of the MITSS HOPE Award. We'd love to hear from you!
In a sincere effort to rectify this unfortunate situation, and in an attempt to "freshen" our blog, we offer the following. Here are highlights of just some of the things MITSS has been working on of late. (With all of these exciting things going on, it's no wonder we've neglected our blog -- if only for a short time.)
-- MITSS has assembled a "blue ribbon" panel of experts from around the country to develop a tool kit for clinician support. We will be working feverishly over the summer and into the fall, and we expect to have something ready for release by the end of the year.
-- MITSS is bringing together nurse leaders from some of the minority communities and will be hosting an educational workshop slated for late August. Our goal is to find new and better ways to reach underserved populations with the MITSS message and our services. Stay tuned for details as they unfold.
-- We are now accepting nominations for our Third Annual HOPE Award. Go to www.mitsshopeaward.org for a description of the award, eligibility criteria, and a nomination form. Help us to recognize someone who is doing great work aligned with the MITSS mission (including yourself)!
-- Of course, we continue to provide educational support groups for patients and their families. We have one group just about wrapping up at the North Shore Hospital in Salem.
You can do your part, too. Let us know what you'd like to see discussed in this space and how we can better serve you. And, don't forget to check us out on Facebook -- become a fan of MITSS and of the MITSS HOPE Award. We'd love to hear from you!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Our Stories are Different -- Yet the SAME!!
Below is a link to a story written by a friend and colleague of MITSS. It is an extremely powerful story. Click the title to access Babel: The Voices of a Medical Trauma.
For me personally, this story encompasses a lot of the things that I speak about often. I will highlight a few of them.
•We are all vulnerable when we become patients.
•It's extremely difficult to question/stand up to the medical
community in times of crisis.
•We need to help the medical community to let go of their
pre-conceived notions.
•The emotional toll has to be addressed!
•Patients consistently want four things:
1.They want the truth and in a timely manner.
2.They want either an apology or acknowledement (depending on the situation)
3.They want to know what the institution is going to do to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
4.They want SUPPORT!! Support can be different things to different people – this is where open honest communications comes in – so you know what each person wants and needs.
I hope you all take the time to read this article. There are a lot of lessons to be learned.
For me personally, this story encompasses a lot of the things that I speak about often. I will highlight a few of them.
•We are all vulnerable when we become patients.
•It's extremely difficult to question/stand up to the medical
community in times of crisis.
•We need to help the medical community to let go of their
pre-conceived notions.
•The emotional toll has to be addressed!
•Patients consistently want four things:
1.They want the truth and in a timely manner.
2.They want either an apology or acknowledement (depending on the situation)
3.They want to know what the institution is going to do to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
4.They want SUPPORT!! Support can be different things to different people – this is where open honest communications comes in – so you know what each person wants and needs.
I hope you all take the time to read this article. There are a lot of lessons to be learned.
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