SPEAK UP AND STAY ALIVE PATIENT SAFETY RADIO

I spy with my Big Data eye … Is someone watching your buying habits and reporting to your healthcare providers? Creepy stuff, eh? Pat has some answers. She also shares a cellphone story that suggests that people are ‘in love’ with their phones. Guest Julie Stiles, a health and transformation coach shares ways to take...

Chris Ganser is a husband to an amazing wife and father to an incredible son. He is now a 2 time cancer survivor.  This isn’t the first health battle he’s waged, but it has been the toughest. When he was 18 years old he was diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, at...

Sound extreme? Pat presents the facts about the very real health hazards associated with nuking your food.

What is the biggest hospital hazard of all? Going it alone without an advocate – an extra set of eyes, ears and mouth trumps all other dangers. Someone has to Speak Up so you can Stay Alive! Pat tells all. And guest Lee Tilson shares his ‘philosopher’ take on patient safety today.

Still nuking your food? Not after today’s show! Pat exposes the very real health dangers of microwave ovens. beep beep beep beep beep … Guest, Jason Wolf President of the Beryl Institute answers listener’s email questions about the patient experience. Another show jam packed with healthcare safety tips and tools to keep you safe and...

Dangerous discharge, unreliable rehab, mystery consultations, ringing phones, Splenda and more!  Pat exposes some recent real-life hospital and rehab experiences. Patient safety hazards will find you too. Guest, Leah Binder CEO of The Leapfrog Group shares the patient safety score resource to help you select a hospital with the best ratings.          ...

Reverend Marvin Smith, a former NFL Linebacker for the Oakland Raiders and Los Angeles Rams is currently being helped by the Living Heart Foundation – a nationwide healthcare network to provide health screenings for active and retired professional football players. Marvin, who is living with high LDL cholesterol, participated in a documentary about heart disease...

A new study shows that 81% of hospital patients are unhappy with their experience. That is a crazy number. But after Pat’s mom’s most recent hospital stay – it all makes sense. Nurses too busy to tend to bedsores, emergency room bedpans of urine laying in sinks, ICU nurses booking vacations online while on duty,...

Guest Denise Chicoine RN talks about Multiple sclerosis (MS) and the MS One to One program, a free resource to offer support and the tools needed to help people living with MS. Multiple sclerosis is estimated to affect more than 2.5 million people worldwide. MS is caused when the body’s immune system attacks the central nervous...

What would you do if you were eleven years old, abandoned by your own mother without a clue to where she had gone? How would you survive? Could you make it on the dangerous streets of Detroit? Emily Wallace shares her horrifying childhood with a message for all children experiencing abuse – Never be afraid...