Dicerra

Dicerra A space for anonymous collaboration for medical professionals to learn & communicate concerns freely. Dicerra is anonymous by design. It’s simple and effective.

Dicerra is a safety reporting platform that healthcare professionals can trust. Where experience from those closest to problems can be shared with others at every level to improve performance and safety. And everyone can interact freely with others facing the same issues, everywhere. It’s safety, simplified. Dicerra’s safety reporting platform is predicated on three key requirements, executed thoughtfully. Dicerra is: Anonymous, non-punitive, & de-siloed. At Dicerra we believe that healthcare professionals share practices and talk openly about problems best in a non-punitive environment. Human performance is our passion and a healthy culture oriented towards improvement, not punishment, is at the core of high-performance organizations. Our application collates information shared by our anonymous users and analyzes for trends and interventions at the system level. Join our community and enhance your profession, whether in healthcare or aviation! For more info, visit us at: https://www.dicerra.com

The Dicerra app is available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

05/22/2025

🛑 Put the phone down… slowly. 🛑
Yes, I’m talking to you, the one doomscrolling.

Doomscrolling — the habit of endlessly scrolling through negative news or distressing contents — is more harmful than you might think.

Here’s what it does:

Mentally?
- Cranks up anxiety and stress.
- Invites its friends: hopelessness and burnout.
- Hijacks your sleep.
- Overloads your brain until your decision-making resembles picking a Netflix show: impossible.

Physically?
- Eye strain and headaches (thanks, blue light).
- Hours of “just 5 more minutes” = couch potato mode.
- Stress hormone (cortisol) levels spike like they’re trying to break a record — not great for blood pressure or your immune system.

So, what can you do?
- Set screen-time limits (yes, even for LinkedIn).
- Schedule screen-free breaks — especially before bed.
- Follow accounts that don’t make you question the fate of humanity.
- Try mindfulness, walks, or journaling instead of doom-digging.

Your brain and body will thank you. Your thumb might miss the workout, but it’ll get over it. 😉

💥 THERE’S BLOOD IN THE STREETS.A phrase traders shout when markets plunge and tickers bleed red. But in a recession, the...
04/07/2025

💥 THERE’S BLOOD IN THE STREETS.
A phrase traders shout when markets plunge and tickers bleed red. But in a recession, the bleeding goes far beyond the charts.
When economies crumble, public health suffers—quietly, deeply, and across generations.
🧠 Mental Health Collapse
During the 2008 Great Recession, su***de rates surged—up 6.5% in the EU, nearly 5% in the U.S.
Behind every percentage point? Real people grappling with job loss, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse.
🫀 Physical Health Declines
Chronic stress took a measurable toll. Blood pressure and glucose levels spiked, especially among older workers and those fearing eviction or foreclosure.
💊 Healthcare Access Withered
Millions skipped doctor visits and essential medications—not by choice, but by necessity.
And when care was most needed, public health programs faced budget cuts.
⚠️ The Inequity Deepened
In Canada, austerity following the recession led to a sharp rise in anxiety and mood disorders. The hardest-hit? Low-income and racialized communities.

💡 The lesson is clear:
Economic downturns are public health emergencies in disguise.
Resilient healthcare systems must weather both pandemics and recessions.
Because when the market bleeds, healthcare bruises.

Let’s build systems that don’t just react—but protect.

Given recent events, there is a perception that flying is becoming increasingly dangerous. However, the opposite is actu...
03/12/2025

Given recent events, there is a perception that flying is becoming increasingly dangerous. However, the opposite is actually true. Flying remains the safest form of travel. In fact, you are almost four times more likely to die driving to the airport than to take the subsequent flight.

To put this into perspective, if you were to take a single flight every day, it would take over 1,300 years before you were involved in an accident; and even then, you’d likely survive. Airline safety has improved so dramatically over the past 50 years that the accident rate has dropped by over 95%. Between 2010 and 2018, only one person died in a commercial aviation accident in the U.S.

By comparison, a Johns Hopkins study estimated that approximately 250,000 deaths occur each year in the U.S. due to medical errors. Could this number be significantly reduced? Dicerra believes it can!

By incorporating aviation’s non-punitive, open-culture safety reporting into the medical field, we believe that mistakes can be drastically reduced. Encouraging healthcare workers to report errors without the fear of reprisal can lead to better patient outcomes over time.

Everyone wants to know immediately what caused an aircraft accident, and the "blame game" often starts before investigators even arrive on the scene. However, flight safety experts meticulously analyze the evidence before arriving at a conclusion and implementing corrective measures industry-wide. This process can take months but ultimately results in a safer environment for both passengers and airline employees.

By applying a similar approach to the medical industry, Dicerra could identify key issues, collaborate with healthcare providers to correct inadequacies, improve efficiency, and reduce recurring incidents. Furthermore, by sharing these findings across the industry, we can foster a safer and more supportive environment for both patients and healthcare workers.

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