Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety 5 min read. Professional Profile: Sorrel King, Josie King Foundation Erica Mitchell February 12 2020 In the field of patient safety, you find an army of hospital administrators, consultants, manufacturers, healthcare workers, and evaluators. Out in... Read more
Patient Advocacy, Hospitals, HAIs, Patient Safety, Cancer 3 min read. We Only Have One Chance: One Mom's Battle Against Cancer and Infection (Part 2) Erica Mitchell September 18 2019 Our earlier post gave us a glimpse into the life of a mom responding to the shocking diagnosis of cancer in her three-year-old son, Jack. This... Read more
Patient Advocacy, HAIs, Cancer 5 min read. One Mom's Battle Against Cancer and Infection (Part 1) Erica Mitchell September 11 2019 It was a fall evening just after Thanksgiving when Page snuggled with her son at bedtime. He had just celebrated his 3rd birthday and was feeling a... Read more
Patient Advocacy, HAIs, Patient Safety 1 min read. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2017 Erica Mitchell March 15 2017 March 12 - 18, 2017 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual education and awareness campaign for health care safety led by the National Patient... Read more
Patient Advocacy, Vaccines, Flu/Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Viruses 3 min read. 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Flu Erica Mitchell January 13 2017 We are right in the middle of the flu season, when more and more tests come back positive for the influenza virus. Next to the common cold, there's... Read more
Patient Advocacy, MRSA, HAIs, Antibiotic Resistance 3 min read. What is Community-Acquired MRSA? Erica Mitchell July 31 2015 Most of the attention regarding antibiotic-resistant MRSA is found in hospitals and healthcare settings, places where strains of the common ... Read more