Editor’s Note: I first published the following post on March 4, 2020, exactly one year ago today. That turned out to be just days before the implications of the coronavirus pandemic really began to sink in and we all were indeed launched into “another engaged way of being” for a year and more. When I was […]
Editor’s Note: Looking back over 2020, it’s easy to see that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has touched nearly every aspect of daily life around the world, and in heath care the impact has been profound. What a year! In addition to the extent and depth of change the pandemic has triggered, I’m struck by the pandemic’s […]
Editor’s Note: I became aware of Cat Gwynn, the subject of this Encore Presentation, through an online, open access literary journal from the Center for Healthcare Narratives at the MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety. In 2019, its first year of publication, Please See Me produced three substantial, impressive issues, covering topics of interest to […]
Editor’s note: To recognize the 8th World Sepsis Day—tomorrow, September 13, 2019—Engaging Patients offers an Encore Presentation about the MedStar Health Sepsis Collaborative, which won a Sherman Award in 2018. The Collaborative is a system-wide initiative across 10 hospitals to engage patients and family members in raising awareness of sepsis in the community. World Sepsis Day is sponsored by […]
The longer I look at the world through the lens of “patient engagement,” the broader my definition of the concept becomes and the deeper my awareness of different ways to experience being a patient. I’ve recently discovered Cat Gwynn, an accomplished photographer and writer, who has deepened my appreciation of individualized experience, patient engagement and […]
Editor’s Note: This week’s encore post highlights MedStar Health’s Simulation Training and Education Lab, which was recognized as a finalist for the 2018 Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement. The Sherman Award is co-sponsored by Taylor Healthcare and the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute. The nomination period for the 2019 Sherman Awards is open now […]
Editor’s note: September is Sepsis Awareness Month, a time to amplify efforts to improve awareness, education, treatment and prevention of a condition that’s responsible for 250,000 deaths each year in the United States. The Sepsis Alliance designated September as SAM in 2011, and in 2012 joined the Global Sepsis Alliance in declaring September 13 as World Sepsis Day. […]
Editor’s Note: MedStar Health’s Simulation Training and Education Lab was recognized as a finalist for the 2018 Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement for its digital patient education program. The Sherman Award is co-sponsored by Taylor Healthcare and the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute. In addition to selecting Sherman Award winners each year, the judges name finalists when the caliber […]
Editor’s Note: The MedStar Health Sepsis Collaborative received a 2018 Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement for this initiative, which included members of MedStar’s Patient and Family Advisory Council. The Sherman Award is co-sponsored by Taylor Healthcare and the IHI/NPSF Lucian Leape Institute and was awarded at the IHI/NPSF Patient Safety Congress held last month in Boston, Massachusetts. The MedStar Health […]