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Dr. Jacobs is professor of surgery and professor of traumatology and emergency medicine, University of Connecticut; and director, Trauma Institute at Hartford Hospital, CT. He is Medical Director, ACS STOP THE BLEED® Program.
Posts by Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., MD, MPH, DSc(HON), FACS, FWACS(Hon):
- Optimizing Perioperative Services Inventory Can Save Time, Reduce Costs
- Journal Study Examines Postdischarge Disparities for Non-English Proficient Patients
- QI Project Aims to Reduce Surgical Specimen Collection Errors
- Journal article focuses on sustainability strategies to reduce OR waste
- New campaign encourages patients to Speak Up Against Discrimination in health care
- New study focuses on distractions, interruptions during surgical counting
- New workplace violence prevention standards take effect January 2022
- 2020 Eisenberg Award winners show dedication to QI despite challenges of pandemic
- New award recognizes hospitals that are working to reduce health care disparities
- Joint Commission launches new advanced certification program in spine surgery
- Vaccination hesitancy and a positive response to the call to action for volunteers
- COVID 19: Looking back on the past year’s challenges
- Where there’s smoke: Quick Safety article recommends safety precautions
- Make the call: A car crash, trauma care, standards, and inequity
- New Speak Up campaign focuses on how patients can play an active role in surgical safety
- Southern Nevada Trauma System uses proven techniques to save lives after 1 October shooting
- Out of unspeakable tragedy comes progress in bleeding control
- The Hartford Consensus IV: A Call for Increased National Resilience
- Citation for Prof. Sir Errol Ricardo Walrond, MB, BS, BSc(Hon), FACS, FRCSEng, FCCS
- The Hartford Consensus III: Implementation of Bleeding Control