SPEAK UP AND STAY ALIVE PATIENT SAFETY RADIO

A crazy mix of recent news and views about toxic pizza boxes, human DNA in veggie dogs, statin drugs, herbicides in tampons and more. How does this affect your health? Tune in. Plus, Guest Alana Sheeren host of the podcast Create Your Magical life shares her personal journey – the kind of loss that most...

Alana Sheeren host of the podcast Create Your Magical Life shares her personal journey of grieving the loss of her son, Benjamin, who was stillborn at 23 weeks gestation during emergency surgery to save her life. Her first and third pregnancies were both first trimester miscarriages. Today she talks about the grieving process and gives examples...

Guest, Gina Murphy Darling of Mrs. Green’s World arrives to expose the health dangers lurking in your closet not to mention the social implications of filthy fashion. Is there Teflon in your trousers? Toxins in your t-shirts? Unless you’re a nudist, you must tune in.

Bouncing back and forth from rehab to hospital? Pat explains how you can avoid the Boomerang effect. Guest, Gina Murphy Darling of Mrs. Green’s World arrives to expose the health dangers lurking in your closet. Is there Teflon in your trousers? Toxins in your t-shirts? Unless you’re a nudist, you must tune in.

Geri the Germ presents – Hug a Housekeeper

Is it another global warming culprit? No -but healthcare safety is about to heat up with today’s throwback to Summer Just Got Serious Hot Guest Lineup. Ten 3 minute snippets from recent world class patient safety/patient experience experts. Pat also comments on emails sent from listener’s recent hospital adventures. If it’s happening to others, it...

~~~~~ Hospital Hazard of the Week – Are patient safety risks the same at outpatient settings? Pat has some answers. Guest – Sherri Loeb, wife of the late Dr. Jerod Loeb, a former executive vice president for healthcare quality and measurement at the Joint Commission, shares her husband’s “Tale of Two Hospitals”...

How to supersize your hospital stay. Would you like FRIES – I mean a staph infection with that? Pat shares the good, the bad, the ugly, and the auctioneer cardiologist in this week’s Hospital Hazards of the Week.

Pat shares the good, the bad, the ugly, and more from her mom’s recent pre-holiday hospital experience. Would you like Fries a staph infection with that?

Guest – Lisa Venn reprise – Lisa Venn, attorney and founder of Advocate Alliance shares some hospital safety tips and tools. Healthcare Hazard of the Week – Pat makes a list of healthcare safety resolutions. What’s on your list? Game Time –  Some kooky holiday emails and jokes followed by a fun game of Shocking...