Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
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Christina's Considerations offers writings on professional topics - hospitals, workplace effectiveness, health information technology, telehealth, social media and enhancing the patient's experience.
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
8M ago
Yesterday, I received a press release that caught my attention in a significant way. It is primarily due to the fact that I'm a recipient of the generosity of blood and plasma donors. In addition, along my journey and participation ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
8M ago
My last blog post was in late 2022 and here we are coming back into that same period. Periodically, life has gotten in the way of my blogging and once again my caregiving duties for a parent called. It was ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
1y ago
When I decided to become a hospital administrator at 17 (who does that?) I wanted to eliminate barriers and overcome challenges so that nurses and doctors could provide better care. I guess I was advocating for patients my entire career ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
1y ago
Years ago as a blogger, physicians and a few other clinicians found me and shared their books. Today, patients and their caregivers find me. Not in Vain is a daughter's advocacy in honor of her mother and her experience with ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
2y ago
Rare conditions, syndromes and diseases can include a really long and winding road; especially during the diagnosis period. Rare doesn't mean there isn't a diagnosis, it just means more thought and referrals for second opinions or referrals to specialists are ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
2y ago
The last couple of years were challenging for my family. My mom had dementia and we needed to try and keep up with her changing brain and its impact on her functioning, social needs, and physical status. We also needed ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
2y ago
Effective hospital risk managers, and executives, learn the importance of communication when it comes to preventing most lawsuits. Clear communications that can be acted upon make for more efficient and effective workplaces, but also better quality and safer care. But ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
2y ago
A few years ago, I read about the life and work of Hildegard von Bingen (c. 1098 - 1179), a German nun and scientific/medical writer. She began using the herbs grown in her monastery garden to aid those she cared ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
2y ago
This guest post from Nightfall (a cloud-native data loss prevention solution) is written for organizations that partner with those in the healthcare industry, but I share this post to help educate consumers. One reason is I often hear "you can ..read more
Christina's Considerations | Healthcare Blog
2y ago
Too many consumers of health care services feel stuck. They know something is wrong, but their physician (or another clinician) doesn't find anything or suggests a diagnosis or treatment that just doesn't seem to fit. While we don't want to ..read more