by John Gobron | CEO Blog
A 10-year-old girl sustains a head injury in a playground accident. Parents are panicked over respiratory distress in their infant daughter. A 5-year old boy is suffering from abdominal pain due to suspected accidental poisoning. These are among the most common...
by Jacci Patterson, MSN, RN | CEO Blog
COVID-19 has upended the world as we know it in many aspects of life: business, entertainment, travel, and education just to name a few. Obviously nowhere has the impact of the virus been felt more prominently than in healthcare. Dealing with the virus in addition to...
by John Gobron | CEO Blog
In a world of seemingly pervasive negativity, it’s always a pleasant change to share good news. We recently received some from one of our local Massachusetts hospitals when UMass Memorial – Marlborough Hospital was awarded the top grade of “A” in the 2019 Fall...
by John Gobron | CEO Blog
Thermometers. X-Rays. Aspirin. What else do these three items have in common besides being found in every hospital in the world? They were all rejected when first introduced. In the 1700’s, Daniel Fahrenheit’s “temperature sensor” was dismissed since physicians of the...
by Jacci Patterson, MSN, RN | CEO Blog
In my first year of nursing, I had an eight-year-old patient in my pediatric oncology unit who had just completed his last round of chemotherapy. I disconnected the IV tubing, flushed his implanted port, did the discharge paperwork, and he left for his celebration...
by Jacci Patterson, MSN, RN | CEO Blog
Medication administration errors are a common fear for every nurse. As we drive home from a shift we ask ourselves “Did I calculate that drip and program the pump correctly?” and “Did I remember to give Room 5 his beta blocker?” Likely each one of us has called the...
