The weeks between mid-September and mid-October has been National Hispanic Heritage Month since the late 1980s. During this month, the nation takes...
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Posts about Patient Advocacy (2):
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5 Facts About MRSA You Need to Know
To recognize MRSA Awareness Month through October, here are 5 critical facts about MRSA that everyone needs to know.
Patient Advocacy,
Product Evaluation,
Research,
Consumer,
Health & Wellness,
Epidemiology,
Policy,
Interventions,
Cost-Effectiveness,
Equity
3 min read.
What are QALYs and DALYs?
How do you put an economic value on a human life? Why would you ever want to? As difficult as this quantification may be, it is a necessary practice...
Patient Advocacy,
Infection Control,
Hospitals,
Consumer,
HAIs,
Medicare/Medicaid,
Epidemiology,
Surveillance,
Public Health,
Public Reporting
2 min read.
The Patient Experience and Infection Control
In today's healthcare marketplace, it is growing commonplace to consider patients as customers - and the shoe fits, so to speak. Patients do have...
Today we pulled together a few of our previous posts about patient safety in honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week. We believe that all our posts...
4 min read.
Special Populations Series: Cancer
With World Cancer Day this Saturday, we dedicate this post to those patients facing a cancer diagnosis. As with any serious disease, the many types...
3 min read.
The First Peoples: First In Modern Medicine
One of the most universally-recognized impacts from the colonization of North and South America is the horrific de-population of indigenous peoples...
Patient Advocacy,
Microbiology,
Professional Profile,
Native Americans/First Peoples/Indian Americans
3 min read.
Native American Microbiologist Dr. Kat Milligan-McClellan
The community of EOS Surfaces respectfully acknowledges the Chesepioc, Nansemond and other peoples of the Powhatan Tribes as the original stewards of...
Most babies are born healthy. Delivered in a hospital, a birthing center, a home, or even a stable, they are bundled up, fed, loved, and go on to...
Patient Advocacy,
Contamination Statistics,
Infection Control,
Hospitals,
Environmental Services,
HAIs,
Cleaning Protocols
1 min read.
How clean is your Hospital Room?
When we enter a hospital room as a patient, we are seeing the room at its cleanest. The room has just been scrubbed down during what is called...
5 min read.
Black History Month: 5 Health Care Highlights
The history of African-Americans health care is replete with stories of both tragedy and triumph. From the horrific conditions of slavery, through...
4 min read.
How Hospital Scores Are Generated: An Overview
Have you ever wondered how hospital scores are created? As we have explored in previous posts, there are a number of organizations and companies that...