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July 19, 2023 • Safercare Texas, Whole Health financial literacy, health literacy, maternal health, One Pill Kills, Scott Walters, teressa wagner, Whole Health,
In the face of a nationwide opioid epidemic, a patient’s health literacy can be the difference between life and death. One out of four patients prescribed opioids to treat chronic pain misuse them because they don’t understand the often dense, jargon-filled language of medicine, according to data from the National Institutes of Health. To address…
June 26, 2023 • Safercare Texas AIM-AHEAD, disaster relief, disaster relief training, emergency management training, FEMA training, organizing disaster relief, Texas Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters,
In response to the growing need for quick, effective disaster responses in Texas communities, SaferCare Texas is hosting a state emergency preparedness and response collaborative. The training is designed to help integrate community health workers into preparedness and response teams and activities around the state. The event will take place from 2 to 4 p.m.…
June 6, 2023 • Safercare Texas, School of Public Health, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Age Friendly Emergency Services, Asthma 411, Brenda Godoy, Folasade Fashina, Institute for Health Improvement, Olivia Hurst, Patient Safety Congress, School of Public Health, Texas college of osteopathic medicine, The Patient Safety Congress, Transforming Rural Healthcare with Health Literacy,
Ensuring safe and equitable care for all is just one of the lessons students learned at a recent meeting of the Institute for Health Improvement’s Patient Safety Congress. SaferCare Texas, The University of North Texas Health Science Center’s patient safety institute, sponsored three students to attend the three-day event and learn from patient safety experts…
June 6, 2023 • Safercare Texas birth-related PTSD, Dr. Teresa Wagner, health literacy, maternal death rate, postpartum symptoms, What About Mom? app,
The U.S. has the highest maternal death rate among the world’s developed nations — a rate that has continued to rise while remaining stable or falling in other developed countries. SaferCare Texas’ Interim Director, Dr. Teresa Wagner, is helping educate the community on the importance of maternal mental health. Wagner has developed a maternal mortality…
April 17, 2023 • Safercare Texas Cynthia Carrol, Distinguished fellow, Dr. April Wiechmann, Dr. Kate Taylor, FNAP, National Academies of Practice, PNAP, Professional Member,
At a recent ceremony in Washing D.C., Dr. April Wiechmann and Dr. Kate Taylor were both inducted into the National Academies of Practice as Distinguished Fellows. To be eligible to become a Distinguished Fellow, a nominee must have had an exemplary career of 10 years or more; shown a commitment to interprofessional practice and accessible,…
April 13, 2023 • Banner feature, Safercare Texas control bleeding, school shootings, Stop the Bleed certification, surviving injury,
Recent school shootings in Dallas and Arlington have some school officials discussing what precautionary steps they can take to prevent further loss of life. These are just two of 14 school shootings this year that have resulted in injuries or death, according to data from Education Week. SaferCare Texas is continuing its mission of eliminating…
February 22, 2023 • Safercare Texas Daniel Phu, Garrett Wallace, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Chapter, Linda Wolff, patient safety,
Three students at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth have revived the university’s Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Chapter. The student-run organization lost steam during the lockdown era of the pandemic but is now back and up to 36 members. School of Public Health student, Linda Wolff, and Texas…
February 20, 2023 • Safercare Texas combating the fentanyl crisis, Dr. Teresa Wagner, fentanyl, fentanyl crisis, Narcan, One Pill Kills, SaferCare Texas,
SaferCare Texas is continuing its mission of eliminating preventable harm by offering free training on how to use Narcan, a medication used to reverse or reduce the effects of opioids. From 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, HSC’s patient safety-focused program will host the Narcan Lifesaving Training Event on campus at The University…
February 14, 2023 • Safercare Texas Future of health care training, International Meeting on Simulation and Healthcare Conference, Jill Whitfill, simulation,
Since its grand opening in June, 2022 the Regional Simulation Center at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth has made a big splash in the world of simulation. Karen Meadows, MSN, RN, director of the simulation center, recently had the chance to attend the International Meeting on Simulation and Healthcare…
January 4, 2023 • Safercare Texas Friends of Jeff Davis County Library, Jeff Davis County, Mobile Comunidad, National Rural Telementoring Training Center, Pottsboro, rural medicine, telehealth,
SaferCare Texas is once again helping people in rural Texas communities gain access to health care and other vital services, this time with a new telehealth hub set up in Jeff Davis County. In November, the patient safety-focused program of The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth set up the telehealth…
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