At Care Thread, we believe that patient safety is all about successful collaboration between providers to deliver the best possible care with the best possible outcomes. Critical to this success is
Patient Care Coordination: Activity or Accomplishment
John Wooden once said, “Don’t mistake activity for accomplishment.” The Wizard of Westwood’s quote is relevant to the delivery of healthcare today, be it in hospitals,
An Ounce of Prevention
The evolution of communication in healthcare from pagers to mobile devices, paper notes to email, hospital visits (and re-admissions) to telehealth programs improves both the speed and quality of
Mobile Care Coordination: An Integrated Approach
A recent post by Decisions.co’s Ken Lindquist in Venture Beat, “How workflow software could be the backbone of the future web," struck a chord with me. In this post, Lindquist took
A Starting Point for Virtual Care Team Coordination
Founder’s Message: Andrew Shearer, “A Different Box of Tools”
Long before he won a Nobel Prize, the physicist Richard Feynman became known among his peers for his ability to solve difficult calculus problems that were beyond everyone else. He explained later that he wasn’t doing anything particularly clever.
Founder’s Message: Nick Adams
For as long as I can remember, I have lived in the world of healthcare. Many members of my family, and even more of my friends, work in the field of medicine. In my “previous life,” I worked in pharmaceuticals and life sciences, in and out of hospitals and clinics. Being around my family, friends, and colleagues, it was compelling to me that so many of them were always checking the pager in their pocket or on their belt.
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