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Planning Ahead of a Crisis
By David Fielding MPH BCPA Engage Caring Solutions When we think of ‘Advance Directives’, most of us prefer to put it off for another day. “I’ll get to it later.” we say to ourselves. But what if the emergency happened today and there wasn’t time to prepare? What is important to you? Does anyone…
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The TakeCHARGE Patient Safety Campaign
Re-Launches, Marking
Patient Safety Awareness Week
5-step Patient Safety Public Awareness Campaign Returns in Pandemic’s Second Year. WANTAGH, N.Y. – March 15, 2021 – After a successful five months of intensive public outreach in 2020, the TakeCHARGE Campaign: 5 Steps to Safer Health Care is back this month, re-launching to coincide with Patient Safety Awareness Week 2021 (March 14-20). As last year, the campaign…
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Carolann De La Osa, Insurance Agent with Bankers Life Shares Why She Supports TakeCHARGE
March 2021
With medical errors a leading cause of death in the United States, now more than ever people are thinking about the possibility of becoming patients. “We can’t always expect the healthcare providers to get it right,” explains Ilene Corina, President of Pulse Center for Patient Safety Education & Advocacy, a lead organization for The TakeCHARGE…
Read MoreAttorney Supports TakeCHARGE and Encourages Patient Advocates Step#5
The TakeCHARGE Campaign: 5 Steps to Safer Health Care has been raising awareness about becoming a patient and planning ahead even before the pandemic hit. Where else can people learn to prepare to become patients? The 5 Steps to Safer Healthcare encourage people to be active and involved and help reduce the chance of a…
Read MoreTakeCHARGE Campaign Team Kicks Off 2021 Campaign March 2021
TakeCHARGE is an ambitious campaign started in 2020 by a team of healthcare professionals and community members working together to reduce the risk of medical errors in the United States by encouraging people to be well prepared if they were to become patients. Even before the pandemic hit, in fact going back more than 20…
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