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I agree with you on this 100%. You do absolutely need somebody with you in the hospital 24/7, as a lot of things happen that should not. This is unquestionably

I agree with you on this 100%. You do absolutely need somebody with you in the hospital 24/7, as a lot of things happen that should not. This is unquestionably true in the United States. However, everybody should have a friend or family member with them at the hospital 24/7, anywhere in the world. While what you said is absolutely true, there are serious breaks in continuity of care that allow for these things to happen too. Not having a true standardized health record (versus something that is effectively a billing machine) that can be accessed anywhere, by healthcare professionals, and without obstacles is extremely disastrous. This needs to be studied more. What I am trying to say is that staying in the hospital 24/7 as an advocate may be a necessary and needed remedy, besides being something that should be necessary in general. But only works as a remedy in the most basic sense.

sizzle 7y ago
I wish there was a tech solution to having oversight on the mistakes of the hospital care team. Maybe the patient can wear a sort of body cam over the bed to police the care team staff and have some machine learning algorithm develop a confidence score on their technique in administering correct medications (or catching incorrect medication or dosage pre-administration), verifying time spent since last time patient was checked and quality of care spent when they did check on patient (if they need to be changed, are they comfortable, do they need to be adjusted to avoid pressure sores, etc), policing them when not sanitizing hands or covering face to avoid infecting immunocompromised patient, policing physicians to see if they actually checked on patients and if they are charting procedures to bill insurance that they never performed or "upcoding" to extract more insurance $$$ etc etc. I have a background in the sciences and was premed myself, so I am familiar with the medical field (completed premed coursework to attend medical school + know the process for becoming a board certified and practicing physician) and am passionate about healthcare and human centered design (have years of doing great UX work in tech and pharmaceutical companies). Contact info is in bio. Would love to talk to anyone else interested in this to get something going and working on solving these problems. My dad had a hemorrhagic stroke and I'm bedside every night and passionate about making sure his care team does their job and prolongs his life so we can get out of the hospital and on he road to recovery. I would love to scale this up to patients in hospital beds globally and save lives from avoidable medical care mistakes and oversight!!

sizzle 7y ago

I wish there was a tech solution to having oversight on the mistakes of the hospital care team. Maybe the patient can wear a sort of body cam over the bed to police the care team staff and have some machine learning algorithm develop a confidence score on their technique in administering correct medications (or catching incorrect medication or dosage pre-administration), verifying time spent since last time patient was checked and quality of care spent when they did check on patient (if they need to be changed, are they comfortable, do they need to be adjusted to avoid pressure sores, etc), policing them when not sanitizing hands or covering face to avoid infecting immunocompromised patient, policing physicians to see if they actually checked on patients and if they are charting procedures to bill insurance that they never performed or "upcoding" to extract more insurance $$$ etc etc. I have a background in the sciences and was premed myself, so I am familiar with the medical field (completed premed coursework to attend medical school + know the process for becoming a board certified and practicing physician) and am passionate about healthcare and human centered design (have years of doing great UX work in tech and pharmaceutical companies). Contact info is in bio. Would love to talk to anyone else interested in this to get something going and working on solving these problems. My dad had a hemorrhagic stroke and I'm bedside every night and passionate about making sure his care team does their job and prolongs his life so we can get out of the hospital and on he road to recovery. I would love to scale this up to patients in hospital beds globally and save lives from avoidable medical care mistakes and oversight!!