Hospital Watchdog

We are a group of hospital safety advocates that includes nurses, physicians, healthcare experts & regular folks. Most of us have experienced medical errors.

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

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[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

@mhdksafa Yes

[David Mayer MD @WalkForPtSafety]

This morning, learners broke into small groups to learn about and tackle human factor design flaws in common products. Poorly designed equipment and medical record flaws contribute to high numbers of preventable medical harm in hospitals.

[JaymetheRN @JaymetheRN]

If you a nurse are out publicly denying that nurses are facing heinous & unsafe working conditions it's maybe time to look outside your bubble & support your fellow professionals.

Just sayin.

#SafeStaffingSavesLives

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

Using lessons learned from COVID-19 lung transplantation, Northwestern Medicine surgeons developed a novel surgical technique to clear the cancer during surgery while minimizing the risk of spread that has plagued prior such attempts at other hospitals. https://t.co/gskDp4YNj7

[Hospital Executive,MHA,CMM, FACHE,CFHP,CPHQ,WTF @hospital_adm]

When your 🏥 buys another 🏥 - but already doesn’t fully staff or provide necessary resources for the mothership 🏥

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Very General Orthopaedist @generalorthomd]

As a reminder, the person who performed this surgery and was subsequently banned from doing surgery is now working for insurance companies and making medical decisions to deny care.

Even if nothing comes of the complaint, he will at a minimum have to answer for his actions.

[JaymetheRN @JaymetheRN]

Many of us have seen the downside of understaffing including poor outcomes, even deaths for patients.

This should be creating far more outrage than it does. Why isn't it?

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: “I’m gonna die! I can’t breathe! I beg you!”

KNOXVILLE: Lisa Edwards insisted she was sick as @FortSanders Hospital discharged her. @Knoxville_PD arrested her, joked about her pain—she died in their car.

@CharmeAllenDA: "no charges"

[Very General Orthopaedist @generalorthomd]

Serious question for the MBA/FACHE types: when you have a problem with nurses leaving, and every hospital within 100 miles pays nurses significantly more, do you HAVE to pretend that we need to troubleshoot nurse retention?

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

@generalorthomd 😠

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

@JaymetheRN Truth

[JaymetheRN @JaymetheRN]

If a Nurse complains about poor/ hostile workplace they often find themselves facing worse

#observationsof28yearRN

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

Nurse Julie Griffin and her lawyers faced down HCA Westside hospital over unsafe staffing on a cardiac ICU. With the trial date just days away, HCA apparently decided it was not in its best interests to go to trial.
https://t.co/ieoZPKIw8A

[Laurence Fox @LozzaFox]

Out of all the crimes I want solved, this is top of the list.

https://t.co/ktepIai80J

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

PRECEDENT CASE Nurse Whistleblower Trial Set. Fired for Standing Up For Patient Safety
https://t.co/gJbWPnErxw

[Patients For Patient Safety US @pfps_us]

Proud of our cofounders Steve & Margo Burrows’ contribution to #patientsafety and making the #public aware! @jun_soojin @LeapfrogGroup @ptsafetylearn @WHO @TheIHI @AriadneLabs @NPatientSafetyB @myNAHQ @NMQF @NatQualityForum @PLAN4ZERO @ProjectECHO @HospitalWDog @ISQua @GNAnow

[Hospital Watchdog @HospitalWDog]

@JaymetheRN Doesn't the hospital give taxi vouchers to patients being discharged with no ride? Thanks for helping them out.

[Rusty Shackleford @chuckleheimers]

My colleague tested (+) for flu & strep. He’s a nurse. He was told to come in unless he was (+) for covid. That’s absurd & a danger to patients. #NurseTwitter