Author: patientsafe@icloud.com
Know Your Doctor
Inspired by the great initiative from Portsmouth Hospital (see below) we’ve continued to refine the lanyard design to make it as simple as possible for anyone – patients, agency staff to understand. A simple increase in colour shade as level of experience increases combined with plain language. We’d be most […]
How big is the medical error problem?
The World Health Organisation published it’s 10 facts on patient safety this year (see here). Of note they indicate ‘There is a 1 in a million chance of a person being harmed while travelling by plane. In comparison, there is a 1 in 300 chance of a patient being […]
Social Conformity & Groupthink
Groupthink: A cultural phenomenon where group-self-reflection is discouraged to preserve group identity and unity. A mythical experiment is often used to illustrate groupthink – 5 hungry monkeys in a cage attack any monkey in the cage who tries to grab a banana – an experimental punishment dished out to the […]
#hellomynameis 23rd July
We’re looking to make the 23rd July a big day internationally to support the #hellomynameis campaign. We’re crowd sourcing ideas and will add them to this post. We’ve put a few in here along with some resources to share. Within the operating theatre tea room we’re looking to make a […]
Hospital Emergency Number
New Kurt, New Power
Someone told Old Kurt that clearly displaying his name and role was better for communication, team work and ultimately patient safety and care. Old Kurt was offended having never done this before. He felt he was being told he hadn’t been doing his job to the best of his ability. […]
Reputation
Malcolm Gladwell presents an absolutely fascinating story about Wilt Chamberlain an NBA basketball star who managed to score 100 points himself in a game – yes 100. What was even more fascinating was the fact that Wilt made 28 of his 100 points from the free throw line. Why Gladwell […]
Anaphylaxis, #NAP6 and Wicked Problems – an opinion piece
Why bother with an opinion piece – everyone is entitled to their own opinion yet where it disagrees with the opinion of others it creates annoyance. So perhaps best to keep ones opinion to oneself because we are all very comfortable with the status quo thank you very much. This […]
