Tracy Granzyk

Writer, Healthcare Change Agent, Editor-In-Chief @pleaseseemelit1 Founder, Center for Healthcare Narratives

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Walking on Broken Glass: A Physician Activist Walks Cross-Country to Improve Healthcare Safety - 250K still die due to med error. HCP suicide & violence high before C19, now worse. Narrative is career fighting for patient/hcp safety w/stories of those harmed inc #PitMad #A #NF

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

@todgoldberg Thank you! That's hilarious and OMG! I think yours is more realistic.

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Love to see this work continue. It's our stories that keep change alive. The "why" we do anything is for the people we serve, love, care for! @AELPSofficial #MedEd #advocacy @acgme @residentphysician #patientsafety #medicalerror @pfps_us @MHatlie @CHemmelgarnMS @KellySmithPhD

[David Mayer MD @WalkForPtSafety]

Jack Gentry talks about the importance of open and honest communication after medical harm to 35 future healthcare leaders at our AELPS Patient Safety Summer Camp in MD.

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Looking forward to joining you @ajibikelapite and @AAPSOPT! Love that you are embracing narrative medicine and advocacy. Excited to join you this weekend in dialogue and learn from you as well. Thanks for the invitation!

[Please See Me Lit Mag @pleaseseemelit1]

We are excited to get our 2023 Spring/Summer Animals & Health Issue #13 into the world 7/24! We will also announce our 4th Annual Mental Health Awareness Writing Contest winners at that time too! #litmag #MentalHealthMatters #supportanimals #writers #poets #photography #MedEd

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Always a pleasure to talk #healthcare #change with Ron Wyatt MD -- #leadership #empathy and #love can build bridges that transcend long held #bias and ignorance @WalkForPtSafety @MHatlie @pfps_us @ImproveDX @TheIHI @Rosemary100

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

In our latest episode of LitHealth, @tgranz talks with Dr. Ronald Wyatt about structural racism in healthcare. They discuss how his personal experiences with racism in 1970's Alabama relates to current issues around inequity and disparity. Tune in at, https://t.co/keBkcHnRRA.

[David Mayer MD @WalkForPtSafety]

Celebrated 4 week
anniversary from total hip replacement w/5 mile
walk. TY to Dr. Boucher &
the great team at @MedStarHealth Union Memorial Hospital
for getting me back on the trails to continue raising awareness of need to focus on #healthcare safety #physicianwellness

[Kelly Smith, PhD @KellySmithPhD]

Calling all Young Investigators leading science in #quality, #safety, and #value! Our @AcademyHealth #AHQualValIG interest group has #Awards to support attendance and presentation at the upcoming #ARM2023 Submissions close March 10! https://t.co/Rxkn4OV6mg @ihpmeuoft

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Great conversation with Steve Burrows, @HBODocs director of #BleedOut on the power of narratives to change hearts, minds & healthcare. #filmdirector #Documentary #MedEd #behaviorchange #stories #healthcare #narratives #medhum @WalkForPtSafety

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

Our first 2023 episode of @MedStarIQS LitHealth #podcast is with award-winning #filmmaker & #patientadvocate Steve Burrows who talks about the power of story to fuel healthcare change with @tgranz
https://t.co/0RWVlI2Wt5
@LeapfrogGroup @HBODocs #BleedOut @hhask @pfps_us

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Our annual #MentalHealthAwareness #WritingContest is open for Submissions thru 3/6. The theme for this issue is Animals & Health! Look forward to reading and viewing this work too. #Digitalart and #photography welcome. @CLMPorg @AmLarks @todgoldberg @davidulin

[Please See Me Lit Mag @pleaseseemelit1]

Now taking Submissions for our Spring 2023 #MentalHealthAwareness #writingcontest. Issue is themed Animals & Health--send us your #digitalart #shortstories #poetry & #nonfiction thru March 6th https://t.co/5iIT5ZVffU #Healing #Horses #Guidedogs #SupportAnimals @CLMPorg

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Thanks #TylerJorgensonMD for sharing what it feels like from the caring #physician point of view when critical decisions need to be made for and on behalf of patients. Excellent example of #essay / #creativenonfiction too! @MedStarIQS @WalkForPtSafety @hhask

[Please See Me Lit Mag @pleaseseemelit1]

In this issue @tylerjorgensenMD on #instagram writes abt the weight #emergencymedicine physicians carry when making critical, lifesaving decisions daily. #shareddecisionmaking #patientadvocate @EmergencyMedBMJ @ACEPNow @emresidents @EMSwami @srrezaie https://t.co/amhf8b7zVz

[Vinayak Jain @thevinayakjain]

As always, the folks at @pleaseseemelit1 do a wonderful job in compiling stories of candor, courage and compassion.

Whatever the Diagnosis, kindness and empathy will always be central to each clinical encounter. The stories in this issue highlight just that!

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Too many wonderful artists to thx as we embark upon a new year filled w/opportunity to connect through stories. Thx @thatplaceUlove for sharing yours with us! Tagging artists & healthcare change agents-pls share! @JudithNowak @thevinyakjain @YishauOlukorede @nk_masinga @davidulin

[Please See Me Lit Mag @pleaseseemelit1]

Issue #12: Diagnosis is live! Happy New Year! Thx to M Tamara Cutler & Alison Marek for cover image & short film on #MultipleSclerosis #diagnosis An inspiring issue filled with #health stories. @MedStarIQS
@Rosemary100 @hhask @WalkForPtSafety @MHatlie https://t.co/aM5Yv4ITtK

[M Tamara Cutler @thatplaceUlove]

20 years ago I was diagnosed with #MultipleSclerosis. I had a friend film it. A story about it published last night at @pleaseseemelit1. Thanks to @tgranz for the encouragement: https://t.co/AfLDKkWgmz

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

@davidulin @Culture_LA Congratulations!

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Such an important story by such an important writer. @DeanneStillman2 is an advocate for humans & #horses and does the well-researched writing that demands attention. It was a pleasure to talk with her for this episode. Learn more here: https://t.co/mNLl31Kaw1 #SDOH #healthequity

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

In today's episode of LitHealth, @tgranz and critically acclaimed author @DeanneStillman2 discuss her book, Twentynine Palms, about the murders of Mandi Scott and Rosalie Ortega, by Marine Valentine Underwood, and its relevance to healthcare disparities. https://t.co/ZkwwTeugde.

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Looking forward to the class of 2023 @AELPSofficial -- the future #hcldrs of medicine. #meded #Nursing #residentphysicians #nursingschool #MedTwitter #ptsafety #humanfactors @CHemmelgarnMS @RajRatwani @TheRajivSethi @DrEdTori @KellySmithPhD @WalkForPtSafety @TerryFairbanks

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

Apply now to join the summer 2023 @AELPSofficial. Experience hands-on education and training from international #patientsafety leaders. Full scholarships available based on eligibility. Learn more at https://t.co/vWBeWhgq01.

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

A pleasure to chat w/writer/actor/teacher @ClarindaRoss3 -- my mentor during our @UCRPDLRMFA program & passionate #patientadvocate before any inroads were made. Always entertaining, you can find her work at https://t.co/dH6iEyuJpe
#DisabilityTwitter #caregiving #peds #Genetics

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

LitHealth with @tgranz. In this episode, creator of the one-woman show, Spit Like a Big Girl, @ClarindaRoss3 will discuss the experiences and challenges of parenting her special needs daughter, Clara, two years before the Disabilities Act. https://t.co/QQOd1Fs1xn.

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Looking to learn more about how to "fix" what's broken in #healthcare? @WalkForPtSafety actually walked the talk across America to keep the #patientsafety mission alive. Tagging #ptsafety #hcldrs @AELPSofficial @TheRajivSethi @doctorscompany @JKFfoundation @KellySmithPhD

[David Mayer MD @WalkForPtSafety]

Honored to open the Leadership Summit @HQInstitute mtg this AM talking #healthcare #safety #transparency & my book "How to Safe When Entering the Healthcare System" @bnbooks https://t.co/AZ4XNtMkw8 & @amazonbooks #hcldr #meded #patientadvocate @hhask @CHemmelgarnMS @SkolnikPatty

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Honor to highlight @Rosemary100 #ChinaRx & timeless content until this problem is solved & beyond. A lesson in why outsourcing comes with great responsibility esp when #medication is involved. Chk @US_FDA drug shortage list https://t.co/XEx03qFQuv #amoxicillin most recentt add!

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

Tune into our premiere episode of the MIQS LitHealth Podcast. @tgranz speaks with @Rosemary100, author and Senior Advisor at the @hastingscenter about her book, China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine. https://t.co/gZsti5H3h7.

[Tracy Granzyk @tgranz]

Excited to share lastest from the Center for #Healthcare #Narratives! The LitHealth podcast series is "lighting a fire underneath the status quo of healthcare." Who better than @WalkForPtSafety to kick off our launch? #podcasts #bethechange #authors #changeagents @ClarindaRoss3

[MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety @MedStarIQS]

LitHealth podcast kicks off with Ep.4! @tgranz talks with Dr. Mayer, about his book, "How to Stay Safe When Entering the Healthcare System: A Physician Walks Across the Country to Raise Awareness of the Need to Improve Healthcare Safety." https://t.co/Nu273Stqqo.
@WalkForPtSafety