by Anne Llewellyn | Aug 13, 2016 | Events, Professional Focus |
This post is short, but I wanted to take the time to recognize the 2016 Olympics! Every four years, the world comes together to highlight their athletes in various events. My summer favorite events are swimming, diving, gymnastics and track and field. This year,...
by Anne Llewellyn | Aug 6, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
Recently, I visited a long-time friend, Kathy, who was having a party for her husband, John, who recently retired from the U.S. Air Force. We have known each other since the early 1980’s when we both worked in the Respiratory ICU in Philadelphia. We have...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jul 31, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
In this week’s post, I would like to recognize caregivers. These are the people who provide care for their parents, their spouses, their children, and their neighbors. According to the Family Care Giver Alliance, an estimated 44 million Americans age 18 and older...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jul 19, 2016 | Professional Focus |
Today, patients are taking a more active role in matters related to their health and how they are treated when they enter the healthcare system. In fact, they are encouraged more and more to share their experiences (good and bad) when answering survey’s, sharing their...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jul 9, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
Being diagnosed with a life changing illness or experiencing a catastrophic injury changes your outlook on life. My experience began on November 24, 2014 when I was diagnosed with a central nervous system lymphoma (Brain Tumor). Yet, it was not until recently that I...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jul 1, 2016 | Professional Focus |
Welcome to my inaugural Summer Reading List. I decided to start this list as I wanted to gather ideas so I could find a good book. To compile the list, I reached out to family, friends and colleagues by email and social media to gather their suggestions. I am...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jun 11, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
I open this post by saying that we all need to remember that healthcare is delivered by human beings, and humans make mistakes. Today there is an intense focus on working to find ways to identify, address, correct and prevent medical errors in every sector of the...
by Anne Llewellyn | May 30, 2016 | Consumer Focus, Professional Focus |
Today, consumers are expected to be active participants in their health and healthcare. This is easy to say but very hard to do especially when you are sick, weak and scared. Also, most people have no or limited exposure to the healthcare system other than going to...
by Anne Llewellyn | May 23, 2016 | Professional Focus |
On May 21, 2016, I had the honor to be part of a unique event titled; The Nurse Empowerment Summit. The program was the brainchild of Eva Francis, a nursing leader from South Florida who saw a need, put a plan together and with the help of a dynamic team produced...
by Anne Llewellyn | May 1, 2016 | Professional Focus |
In this post, thought I would share my experience in the area of mental health to demystify some of the fears many have regarding getting help when you find yourself having trouble coping with life and the struggles that impact us all at one time or another....
by Anne Llewellyn | Apr 26, 2016 | Professional Focus |
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Visiting Nurse Association of America (VNAA) annual conference. The meeting was held in Miami, FL, which made it local for me, so I decided to attend to catch up with what was happening in the post-acute sector of...
by Anne Llewellyn | Apr 14, 2016 | Professional Focus |
As a nurse working in critical care as well as a catastrophic case manager, I have always marveled at the resilience of the human spirit. Over my career, I have met and cared for so many brave and courageous people, but it was not till I became a patient myself...
by Anne Llewellyn | Apr 2, 2016 | Professional Focus |
Finding a way to contain healthcare costs while improving the health of the US population are topics being discussed in the halls of Congress, in Board Rooms, in local communities and at national healthcare conferences across the country. This is because the...
by Anne Llewellyn | Mar 21, 2016 | Professional Focus |
In this week’s post, I wanted to continue with the theme of patient engagement and the important role patients and their families play in helping to make our healthcare system, patient-centered, safe, and cost-effective for all. As I have discussed in past issues of...
by Anne Llewellyn | Feb 28, 2016 | Professional Focus |
As the 2026 Midterms heat up, the topic of healthcare is front and center…and for good reason. The United States health care system is the most expensive system in the world but consistently under performs about other countries on most dimensions of...
by Anne Llewellyn | Feb 15, 2016 | Professional Focus |
As consumers, we all have a responsibility to take care of ourselves and manage our health in a proactive manner. Today, the concept of ‘managing our own health’ or ‘staying healthy’ often translates to eating healthy and regular exercise, while going to the doctor is...
by Anne Llewellyn | Feb 6, 2016 | Professional Focus |
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a conference entitled Building Health Policy Competencies in Graduate Nursing Programs. The program was presented by the Nursing and Health Policy Collaborative at the University of New Mexico with the Robert...
by Anne Llewellyn | Jan 30, 2016 | Professional Focus |
Several years ago, I participated in a webinar sponsored by Drexel School of Nursing and AON, Affinity Insurance Services, Inc. The program introduced the findings of the 2015 Nurse Claim Report. Closed claim reviews of professional liability and license...
