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Patient safety 10 years after “To Err is Human”
Monday, December 21, 2009
New York Times: University of California, San Francisco medical professor Dr. Robert Wachter discussed patient safety with Dr. Pauline Chen. Wachter is a leading advocate of patient safety. Among his observations: “I can lose my hospital privileges if I fail to sign a dictated discharge summary or operative note. But if I don’t clean my hands for the next 10 years, nothing will happen to me.”
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