PATIENT/PROVIDER PARTNERSHIP

Michelle Malizzo Ballog was nervous as hospital staff wheeled her into surgery to replace a temporary stent in her liver. In a procedure two weeks earlier, also at University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, she had awakened too early from the anesthesia, an unsettling experience.

But this time she didn't wake up.

Monitoring errors were made while she was under anesthesia, and Ballog, whose youngest daughter had turned 1 the day before, stopped breathing and suffered cardiac arrest on the operating room table. She lapsed into a coma and died nine days later at 39.

Hear Michelle's father, Bob Malizzo, tell the story of their daughter's account and the partnership formed with the healthcare providers who were responsible for his daughter's death. Click here.

 

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NDHCRI'S QUALITY AND SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL PARTICIPATING AGENCIES

ND Dept. of Health(Divisions of Chronic Disease, Health Facilities, and EMS & Trauma)

ND Dept. of Human Services (Divisions of Aging, LTC Ombudsman, and Medical Services)

ND Health Information Technology

UND Center for Rural Health and CAH Quality Network

ND Area Health Education Center

ND Senior Medicare Patrol Program

Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND

ND Hospital Association

ND Medical Association

ND Long Term Care Association

ND Board of Pharmacy

ND Pharmacists Association

Dakota Plains Chapter of APIC

Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas

American Heart Association

ND Hospice Association