Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:17+01:0027 January, 2015|
There are no health facilities, services or units free of professional mistakes. In September 2013, a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety (1) concluded that medical errors cause 440,000 deaths per year, and they are the third leading cause of death in the United States, behind heart disease and cancer.Our complex Health Care System does not allow a [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:17+01:0024 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear Friends. Many of you have read the history about surviving an stroke, by Jorge Martínez Reverte published in El País last week. I wanted to share it on Saturday, so this post is for 3 days the center of the blog and can be read by many people. I hope you're better, Jorge. I send you a big hug. For [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:18+01:0023 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Yesterday it took place in Madrid the second face-to-face Workshop of The IC-HU Project Research group for the humanization of the intensive care.As you know, this group consists on a multidisciplinary team of people and many of us belong to the Scientific Societies SEEIUC and SEMICYUC. I want to thank publicly to SEMICYUC the assignment [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:18+01:0023 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Published in Medicina Intensiva , the journal of SEMICYUC, today share the fruit of the work of one of the components of The IC-HU Project: Dra. Marisol Holanda and her team from Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Congratulations! In the study Measuring the satisfaction of patients admitted to the intensive care unit and of their [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:21+01:0021 January, 2015|
Hello everybody, my dear friends. Today we open the doors to José María Cepeda, Emergency Nurse and blogger that you will know thanks to 2.0 Inmersion Manual for Health Professionals (only availabe in Spanish) that you may unload for free Health Connected. More than 4500 downloads!. We encourage you to read it! Chema is on fire, and recently shared with [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:21+01:0020 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Your opinion is important, and we need to listen you.Only one thing is necessary: you want to share it. Anyone can comment, you don't have to be a health care professional.From the Pediatric ICU of the Hospital 12 de Octubre, a group of healthcare professionals including auxiliar (Rafaela Pozo and Laura Palomino), nurses (Raquel Vinagre, [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:21+01:0017 January, 2015|
Research studies focusing on the critical patient safety are increasing. The flaws in the system and human factors are the main cause of adverse events. The complexity of the factors that contribute to health care risk required to deep through its analysis, in order to establish strategies for improvement in one of the key of quality dimensions .The Iatroref study [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:22+01:0015 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. A few days ago Dr. Vicente Gómez-Tello sent me this article published in Critical Care Medicine in December 2014, because he knew that it could interest us: A Qualitative Study Exploring Moral Distress in the ICU Team: The Importance of Unit Functionality and Intrateam Dynamics. Again the qualitative research provides us with data from [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:22+01:0014 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. Never underestimate the power of Force, because is very intense in the Hospital.Hospital Universitario de Torrejón was "invaded" on December 30 by the soldiers of the Empire from Star Wars. A different way of living together Christmas with the "Kings of the Galaxy'. The event was organized together with the associations AFADACS (Association of [...]
Gabi Heras2019-08-02T19:00:22+01:0013 January, 2015|
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends.Almost 10 months ago we organized the IC-HU Project Presentation Party at Sala Áncora, in Madrid. Without a doubt, the most rogue party!. As well, our friends from Ancora today want to invite us to try an activity that we are sure that could support physically and emotionally everybody and for free: Stretching and Yoga [...]
