More Than 12,000 People Attended the 2024 World Sepsis Spotlight

World Sepsis Spotlight: The Focus

On April 23, 2024, the Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) and the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) co-hosted the 2024 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight, “Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Therapy”. This one-day conference featured 61 speakers and moderators from 29 countries. 

In 9 sessions, internationally renowned speakers, panelists, and moderators addressed the role of AI, predictive modeling in sepsis, the need for early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in surgical patients, the role of biomarkers, personalized approaches to sepsis management,  how hypervolemia increases the mortality risk in sepsis, community programs to prevent and diagnose sepsis, and much more.

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Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety Grants CME Accreditation to Second Wave of 2024 World Sepsis Spotlight Courses

Editor’s note: To read the press release on GlobalNewswire, please click here.

We are pleased to announce that the remaining 4 sessions from the World Sepsis Spotlight: Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, hosted by the Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) and the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) have been accredited by PPAHS for continuing medical education (CME) credits. 

Participants can earn continuing medical education credits by accessing the Spotlight sessions here. We are also thrilled to confirm that CME credits for the 2024 WSC Spotlight will be issued free of charge. 

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Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety Grants CME Accreditation to First Wave of 2024 World Sepsis Spotlight Courses

Editor’s note: to read a copy of the press release on Global Newswire, please click here.

We are delighted to announce that 4 of the 8 sessions from the World Sepsis Spotlight: Unmet Needs in Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, hosted by the Global Sepsis Alliance (GSA) and the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) have been accredited by PPAHS for continuing medical education (CME) credits. 

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Pain Management Physiotherapy: What are the Benefits of Physiotherapy for Pain Management?

By Paul Gilbert (Oakville Physiotherapy & Wellness Clinic)

Chronic pain can be a debilitating force, hindering your daily activities and impacting your overall well-being. Fortunately, there’s a safe and effective solution: pain management physiotherapy. This specialized form of physiotherapy utilizes targeted exercises, manual therapy techniques, and various modalities to address pain at its source, promoting long-term relief and improved function.

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Are Artificial Intelligence and IT a Threat to Patient Safety?

National Nurses United Survey Finds Artificial Intelligence to be a Threat to Patient Safety

In a survey recently conducted by National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the US, NNU concluded that “artificial intelligence technology (A.I.) often contradicts and undermines nurses’ own clinical judgment and threatens patient safety.”

AI - a patient safety threat?

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Graceland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center First in Memphis to Receive Enhanced Respiratory Care Accreditation

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS) is pleased to announce that Graceland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Memphis, TN, is the first nursing facility in West Tennessee to achieve Enhanced Respiratory Care Accreditation. 

Graceland
Left to right: Raju Kunnath, COO; Machelle Calaway, Executive Director, Dr. Steven Woods Pulmonologist; Jamie Hopper, Eventa; Whitney Henry, Eventa.

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Health Inequalities Caused by a Racially-Biased Test (Must Reads in Patient Safety-April 8, 2024)

A test is just that – a test – and a test would on its surface not have any biases attached to it.

Racially-Biased Testing

However, in a recent report by Lauran Neergaard at AP News, a racially biased medical test meant more than 14,000 Black kidney patients weren’t placed appropriately on the organ transplant waitlist:

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