Patient Safety: Making Patients Part of the Team | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

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Channel: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · 2008 · Education

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Saul Weingart, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Patient Safety at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses patient safety and the importance of engaging patients as active, vigilant members of their health care team. He describes a recent Dana-Farber initiative, based on methods used in high-performance teams such as flight crews, to improve patient-doctor communication on safety issues.

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