by Giri Venkatraman | Apr 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ataxia and Frailty When I was a safety officer at Dartmouth, I did a fair amount of work on surgical/patient safety…. a big focus of ours was frailty-what we found was patients who tested positive had longer length of stay in the hospital and discharge to...
by Giri Venkatraman | Mar 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was a practicing surgeon, there was a mystery. An 80-year-old patient does well after surgery but a 60-year-old doesn’t…. why is that? One of the answers is frailty Frailty is not merely aging or losing weight -it’s a defined medical...
by Giri Venkatraman | Mar 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Psychological Safety (for Surgical Safety During surgery, anyone (nurses, techs, other doctors) should be able to say stop to the surgeon and he/she would stop to hear what they had to say. This is concept of psychological safety. In the past, one of my...
by Giri Venkatraman | Mar 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, the pandemic COVID-19 posed some challenges around safety and also some process changes had to be implemented (e.g. confirming bed availability after the surgery-step 6). Patients get tested to determine their status (step 1). Most surgical teams have a...
by Giri Venkatraman | Mar 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
I did a lot of work on surgical safety. What I discovered over time is everyone-the surgeon, anesthesiologist, nurses techs., all have a role to play in performing safe surgery. What van you do as a patient if you are scheduled for elective surgery? Talk to your...
by Giri Venkatraman | Feb 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Technology in healthcare Technology in healthcare systems (hospitals, groups) have not been the solution to healthcare’s ills. As wee know, the use of technology has made a sea-change in other industries- A good example is banking. Most routine banking activities can...
