Recently I attended the 19th Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia PA. The conference is an annual event and brings together leaders from the Population Health world to learn, network and share ideas on issues impacting the health of the population. The format...
We have all heard the quote, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” It was first talked about in an Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope in 1711. The term, To Err, Is Human, surfaced again in November 1999 when the U.S. Institute of Medicine wrote the report...
Last week, I attended the CCMC New World Symposium at the Gaylord Palms Hotel. The conference was interesting and allowed me to catch up with colleagues and friends in the area of case management. Today, case management professionals are in a position to effect change...
If you have read Nurse Advocate before, you might recall me mentioning in previous posts that I belong to a service organization known as Quota International. I am a member of the local Club, Quota of Plantation FL. Each year, the members choose a Sunday in February...
February is the month for lovers and it also American Heart Month. To recognize Heart Month, I invited a friend and nurse colleague, Rajitha Bommakanti, RN, CCM, Health Coach, and Patient Advocate to be a guest writer for this week’s post. Rajitha has been...