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By Teresa Wagner Personal Health Literacy, the ability for individuals to access, understand and use health information, can pose difficulties for even the most educated person. In addition, the Healthy People 20301 definition of Health Literacy includes Organizational Health Literacy recognizing organizations’ responsibility to provide health literate information and services that people can easily understand and use. But what about...

Listen to SaferCare Texas’ Director John Sims interview his wife, Karen Sims, as she shares her challenging health care journey. Her story began with a “routine” tonsillectomy which resulted in Steven Johnson Syndrome -- a rare and serious disease which usually presents itself as a severe reaction to medication -- and, eventually, cataracts. Listen to her story today!

Background The Verdict A former Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Registered Nurse(RN) administered a fatal medication in error. The RN had responded to a physician's order to give Versed/Midazolam for sedation of a patient undergoing a (Positron Emission Tomography)PET scan. The neuro-intensive care RN was designated as a "Help All" nurse, which means she assisted other colleagues but was not...

Many people express pain following knee replacement surgery, but they report improved quality of life after rehabilitation. Typically, individuals have no more than two surgeries(two knees). This is our second patient experience episode. Meet our next guest, Brett Wells, as he shares his twelve-year journey following 39 surgeries! Brett shares the circumstances leading to his injuries, the positive health care...

One positive result from the Patient Safety and Quality Act of 2005 was Patient Safety Organizations(PSO). Many healthcare professionals and laypeople hear the term “PSO” and believe they understand the purpose. PSOs align with the #SaferCare Texas mission-to challenge traditional thinking to eliminate preventable harm. Listen as our next guest, Karen Kendrick MSN, RN and the VP of Clinical Initiatives...