@RalphJohnsonII

Vice President of IT at The Leapfrog Group. Concerned with advancing better health through the use of technology. All views expressed are my own.

 Washington, DC, Dixfield, ME
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Joined May 2009
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Join Leapfrog for @pfps_us's walk in honor of World Patient Safety Awareness Day on Sunday, September 17 at 11AM. The walk will start at Freedom Plaza near the White House. Register here: pfps.us/march-registration
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Leah Binder@leahbinder3 May 2023
New Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for Spring 2023 out today.Congratulations New Jersey, the Number One state for A hospitals. hospitalsafetygrade.org/

Home | Hospital Safety Grade

The Hospital Safety Grade scores hospitals on how safe they keep their patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.

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David Bates@DBatesSafety12 Jan 2023
Coverage of our NEJM study on patient safety. Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience a harmful event, study finds nbcnews.com/health/health-ne… via @nbcnews

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. hospitalized patients experience harmful events, study finds

Experts say U.S. hospitals still have a long way to go to improve patient safety.

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Not to mention the risks to patient safety as well.... healthcareitnews.com/news/ha…

Half of ransomware attacks have disrupted healthcare delivery, JAMA report finds

The frequency of cyberattacks on hospitals and health systems more than doubled from 2016 to 2021, say researchers, and the incidents have exposed the protected health information of nearly 42...

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Explore @MedStarHealth's ethical approach to working with patients and families in the wake of a Never Event occurrence bit.ly/3nFtN3h #CANDOR
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Access to your health record is a fundamental right and should not be clouded by disparities in being offered that access online.... healthit.gov/buzz-blog/healt…
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Here is another promising personal device on the horizon to get patients to engage in their own well-being.... cnet.com/health/medical/i-ha…

I Have High Hopes for This Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitor. Here's Why - CNET

Valencell's calibration-free clip aims to make measurements a lot more portable.

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Interesting tech to engage patients.... cnet.com/health/medical/with…
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Health care cybersecurity and ransomware incidents are an oft overlooked aspect of patient safety.... healthcareitnews.com/news/to…
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Here’s to making 2023 the year that health care becomes safer for all. Join us in supporting the National Patient Safety Board Act. Learn more: npsb.org/housebill #patientsafety #medicalerror
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Often, when hospitals earn low marks from Leapfrog and other groups, their leaders point fingers. At St. Bernard Hospital, leaders got to work. bit.ly/3WsUBm1

This South Side hospital earned an F for safety. Now it has a B. Here’s how it happened.

The news was a surprise to everyone at St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center. It was April 2021, and the Englewood hospital had just learned that it had earned an F grade for safety from the...

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Does your local hospital or surgery center sue patients for late or unpaid bills? Check out Leapfrog and @Money's list of best hospitals and surgery centers that meet the highest standards for billing ethics. money.com/best-hospitals/bil…
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Replying to @chrissyfarr
Agreed! Fortunately, as announced Aug 2022: "publications and research funded by taxpayers [will be] publicly accessible, without an embargo or cost" by December 31, 2025 whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upd…
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"In a recent survey of executives at 300 of the country’s largest employers, nearly 90% said they believe the cost of providing health benefits will become unsustainable within five-10 years." The impact of hospital consolidation and increased prices ➡ bit.ly/3q67d47

As hospitals raise their prices, U.S. workers and businesses suffer

Many of health care's corporate leaders have exploited the Covid-19 crisis to further consolidate, drive up costs, and collect billions in federal funds with few, if any, strings attached.

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Happy Holidays from The Leapfrog Group! Thank you to all those who have played a role in improving #patientsafety and quality this year. We wish you a safe, healthy New Year and look forward to working alongside you in 2023.
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The National Patient Safety Board Act is the critical first step towards safer health care for all. Learn more and get involved at npsb.org/housebill @WalkForPtSafety @MedStarIQS @PLAN4ZERO @RepBarragan
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It’s time to take action against preventable medical harms. Support the National Patient Safety Board Act. Learn more at npsb.org/housebill @CHemmelgarnMS @pfps_us @RepBarragan
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Think about that number, that means you have an unreasonable chance of having a PREVENTABLE error occur when you visit a hospital for care....
National Patient Safety Board Advocacy Coalition@NPatientSafetyB9 Dec 2022
Preventable #MedicalErrors kill 250,000 Americans each year. #COVID19 further exposed the need to improve safety in our health system. Join us in supporting HR 9377, the National Patient Safety Board Act. npsb.org/housebill #NPSB #patientsafety @RepBarragan
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This is long overdue. Please join the campaign to see this important legislation passed. Patients deserve a safe health care system.... npsb.org/housebill/ @NPatientSafetyB @RepBarragan #NPSB #ptsafety @LeapfrogGroup

U.S. House Bill to Establish an NPSB - National Patient Safety Board

The National Patient Safety Board Act legislation that would establish a nonpunitive, collaborative, independent home to address safety in health care modeled in part after successful entities in the...

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