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Jun 24, 2024
Perioperative patient safety and post-operative ward monitoring is an important topic. Could continuous monitoring potentially improve patient outcomes and reduce rapid response team activations? Can 24/7 monitoring for high-risk patients provide meaningful data and improve patient safety? With a focus upon...
Jun 5, 2024
Patient monitoring has made some significant strides forward over the last decade. Nowadays most people are familiar with the idea. Where are we now with this essential aspect of healthcare? How far should we take the commitment to monitoring a patient? What about “wearable” technology both inside and outside the...
May 31, 2024
This piece focuses upon the Hypotension Predictive Index (HPI) technology. We look at the validation process of HPI, addressing criticisms and clarifying its predictive ability for hemodynamic instability. How important is it to understand the underlying causes of instability rather than solely relying on blood pressure...
May 16, 2024
Desiree Chappell hosts Dr. Steven Greenberg, Vice Chair of research and education at the anesthesia department, Endeavor Health, Chicago and Vice President of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation at Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF).
What are the mission and activities of the Anesthesia Patient Safety...
Feb 1, 2020
What are the big things to watch in 2020? "Renablement, rehabilitation and readmission" from a patient perspective and "training compotence, resillience and 'burn out,'" from the practitioner's point of view, according to one of our contributors on this piece.
What about Enhanced Recovery, is that still set to be big...