Patients for Patient Safety US
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PFPS US is a network of people and organizations aligned with the WHO and focused on making healthcare safe in the United States. Led by people who have experienced medical error, we are activated to advance the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030
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Our story has a map/database of state applications to the Rural Health Transformation Program! Proposals include using drones to deliver meds, installing produce refrigerators, + bringing telehealth to libraries+senior centers.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Our story has a map/database of state applications to the Rural Health Transformation Program! Proposals include using drones to deliver meds, installing produce refrigerators, + bringing telehealth to libraries+senior centers.
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Only 347 of the nation’s roughly 14,500 nursing homes have specialized units dedicated to people on ventilators, forcing people with ALS or MS to move far from families. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare. - KFF Health News
Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative progr...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Only 347 of the nation’s roughly 14,500 nursing homes have specialized units dedicated to people on ventilators, forcing people with ALS or MS to move far from families. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Since 2020, PLRC has been at the forefront of #LongCovid science & advocacy. Our work integrates patient expertise to advance research & data-driven policy that can improve the lives of people with LC. While our understanding continues to grow, much crucial work still lies ahead.
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Since 2020, PLRC has been at the forefront of #LongCovid science & advocacy. Our work integrates patient expertise to advance research & data-driven policy that can improve the lives of people with LC. While our understanding continues to grow, much crucial work still lies ahead.
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FDA Memo Claims to Link 10 Kid Deaths to COVID Shots — Expert calls report without proper scientific review "dangerous and irresponsible" www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
FDA Memo Claims to Link 10 Kid Deaths to COVID Shots
Expert calls report without proper scientific review 'dangerous and irresponsible'
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
FDA Memo Claims to Link 10 Kid Deaths to COVID Shots — Expert calls report without proper scientific review "dangerous and irresponsible" www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...
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Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Mind Reading, Fish Pain, Animal Moral Authority, Scoring ChatGPT for Health, AI Companionship, Neural Organoids, Unproven Interventions, Variants of Unknown Significance, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup
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December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ethics and Life Sciences Weekly Roundup | Mind Reading, Fish Pain, Animal Moral Authority, Scoring ChatGPT for Health, AI Companionship, Neural Organoids, Unproven Interventions, Variants of Unknown Significance, + More mailchi.mp/jhu/sciencee...
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All this - and much much more about why this little-known think tank matters - here. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They’re Running US Health Policy. - KFF Health News
Fueled by covid backlash, a libertarian author created the Brownstone Institute in 2021. In recent months, people with ties to the group have catapulted to the highest levels of U.S. government, exerc...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
All this - and much much more about why this little-known think tank matters - here. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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She swore she’d never study medicine — or psychology. Now she works at their intersection. On NEJM AI Grand Rounds, Dr. Laura Zwaan shares her winding path to diagnostic #AI. Listen to the full episode: nejm.ai/ep36
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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
She swore she’d never study medicine — or psychology. Now she works at their intersection. On NEJM AI Grand Rounds, Dr. Laura Zwaan shares her winding path to diagnostic #AI. Listen to the full episode: nejm.ai/ep36
#MedSky #MLSky
#MedSky #MLSky
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Given how much Medicaid spends on home care, and the optional nature of most programs, cuts to home care could occur as states look for ways to respond to reductions in federal spending, impacting waiting list sizes: https://on.kff.org/48fSeu7
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Given how much Medicaid spends on home care, and the optional nature of most programs, cuts to home care could occur as states look for ways to respond to reductions in federal spending, impacting waiting list sizes: https://on.kff.org/48fSeu7
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Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
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💬 Viewpoint: @KFF polling indicates nearly three-quarters of US adults support congressional extension of #ACA premium tax credits, making health care affordability a decisive economic issue in upcoming elections and policy debates.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
💬 Viewpoint: @KFF polling indicates nearly three-quarters of US adults support congressional extension of #ACA premium tax credits, making health care affordability a decisive economic issue in upcoming elections and policy debates.
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Federal biotech commission calls for retooling of scientific research infrastructure. Proposal focuses on easing process of applying for grants, leveraging AI. www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/b... via @statnews.com
Federal biotech commission calls for retooling of scientific research infrastructure
A federal commission is calling for significant changes to the way the U.S. government funds and assesses scientific research.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Federal biotech commission calls for retooling of scientific research infrastructure. Proposal focuses on easing process of applying for grants, leveraging AI. www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/b... via @statnews.com
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In this short video, Chief Medical Officer for The UK Sepsis Trust, Ron Daniels, lists the signs of sepsis in adults and young people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAe8... #sepsis #patientsafety
Spotting the signs of sepsis in adults & young people
YouTube video by Patient Safety Learning
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November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In this short video, Chief Medical Officer for The UK Sepsis Trust, Ron Daniels, lists the signs of sepsis in adults and young people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAe8... #sepsis #patientsafety
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How do rural hospitals deliver babies, run ICUs, and host clinical trials — all while operating on razor-thin margins? They don’t do it alone. Many are turning to academic health systems for support as they seek to continue serving patients. #PowerofRural
Mutual need, mutual gain: Academic health systems work to support rural hospitals
As rural health facilities struggle to survive, they get staff training, residency placements, and expert consultations from university hospitals.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How do rural hospitals deliver babies, run ICUs, and host clinical trials — all while operating on razor-thin margins? They don’t do it alone. Many are turning to academic health systems for support as they seek to continue serving patients. #PowerofRural
Congratulations to Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS, @Margaret A. McManus, MHS, Kiera Peoples, MPH, Rashmi Singh, MBA, MS, and Laura Blum Meisnere, MA, on their article in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety: "Patient Safety in Transition from Pediatric to Adult-Centered Care." www.pfps.us
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Patient Engagement and empowerment is perhaps the most powerful tool to improve patient safety.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Congratulations to Carole Hemmelgarn, MS, MS, @Margaret A. McManus, MHS, Kiera Peoples, MPH, Rashmi Singh, MBA, MS, and Laura Blum Meisnere, MA, on their article in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety: "Patient Safety in Transition from Pediatric to Adult-Centered Care." www.pfps.us
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The CDC publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do not cause autism, over the objections of career staff and counter to years of scientific evidence.
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Under RFK Jr., federal health agency reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism
A CDC website now promotes the debunked idea of a link between vaccines and autism.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The CDC publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do not cause autism, over the objections of career staff and counter to years of scientific evidence.
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-The Department of Education just said nursing is no longer a professional degree.
- #Nursing is one of the most important and respected professions. Our healthcare system depends on them.
- #Nurses save lives!! They must be respected as professionals!
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-The Department of Education just said nursing is no longer a professional degree.
- #Nursing is one of the most important and respected professions. Our healthcare system depends on them.
- #Nurses save lives!! They must be respected as professionals!
#medsky #publichealth
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Doctor Here 👋
-The Department of Education just said nursing is no longer a professional degree.
- #Nursing is one of the most important and respected professions. Our healthcare system depends on them.
- #Nurses save lives!! They must be respected as professionals!
#medsky #publichealth
-The Department of Education just said nursing is no longer a professional degree.
- #Nursing is one of the most important and respected professions. Our healthcare system depends on them.
- #Nurses save lives!! They must be respected as professionals!
#medsky #publichealth
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🆕Conducting a systems review of pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit - a new blog featured on the hub today. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #StopThePressure #STOPPUDay2025 #patientsafety
Conducting a systems review of pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit
Claire Cox shares how she adopted a systems approach using the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) model to review pressure ulcers in her ICU.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🆕Conducting a systems review of pressure ulcers in the intensive care unit - a new blog featured on the hub today. www.pslhub.org/learn/patien... #StopThePressure #STOPPUDay2025 #patientsafety
PFPS US president Sue Sheridan has been invited to join the National Academy of Medicine's steering committee for Patient Safety in the Era of AI as a co-chair! She's honored to be working under the leadership of senior advisor Laura L. Adams.
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Patient Safety in the Era of AI - NAM
Leadership Consortium - Digital Health and AI
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November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
PFPS US president Sue Sheridan has been invited to join the National Academy of Medicine's steering committee for Patient Safety in the Era of AI as a co-chair! She's honored to be working under the leadership of senior advisor Laura L. Adams.
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RFK Jr. has said he does not want to take vaccines away from Americans. But at a closed-door meeting of vaccine scientists in September, a top official at the FDA suggested doing just that. Here's how Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Høeg are reshaping vaccine regulation:
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How two top FDA officials are quietly upending vaccine regulations
Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Høeg mix skepticism with new ways to define risk in pursuing sweeping changes to vaccine policy at the FDA.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
RFK Jr. has said he does not want to take vaccines away from Americans. But at a closed-door meeting of vaccine scientists in September, a top official at the FDA suggested doing just that. Here's how Vinay Prasad and Tracy Beth Høeg are reshaping vaccine regulation:
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Moderna's stock priced has plummeted ~90% from it's highs during Covid. Its flagship mRNA technology being basically "under attack from Washington" certainly doesn't help. But there are other factors at play as well. @jasonmast.bsky.social and STAT's Damian Garde explain @statnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Moderna's stock priced has plummeted ~90% from it's highs during Covid. Its flagship mRNA technology being basically "under attack from Washington" certainly doesn't help. But there are other factors at play as well. @jasonmast.bsky.social and STAT's Damian Garde explain @statnews.com
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Disability research relies on validated and reliable measures. By narrowly restricting the definition of disability to functional limitations, current disability measures in U.S. surveys fail to assess the complexity and diversity of the disabled population. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
Disability data: a case study in research limitation transparency
Abstract. Disability measures currently used in U.S. federal surveys fail to identify many disabled people as such. This commentary summarizes empirical ev
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November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Disability research relies on validated and reliable measures. By narrowly restricting the definition of disability to functional limitations, current disability measures in U.S. surveys fail to assess the complexity and diversity of the disabled population. academic.oup.com/healthaffair...
A new report from Press Ganey shows the trust factors reshaping how consumers make healthcare decisions. 85% factor perceived safety into decisions, compassion and communication remains a top driver for recommendations, and scheduling is a pain point: www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-expe...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A new report from Press Ganey shows the trust factors reshaping how consumers make healthcare decisions. 85% factor perceived safety into decisions, compassion and communication remains a top driver for recommendations, and scheduling is a pain point: www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-expe...
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Echocardiography is one of the most complex medical image sets to analyze, with multiple views + cardiac motion. A new
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paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Echocardiography is one of the most complex medical image sets to analyze, with multiple views + cardiac motion. A new
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paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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nature.com/articles/s41...
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paper shows how A.I. can do that and provide accurate reports
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nature.com/articles/s41...