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Culture Warriors Share Secrets for Better Care Environments

Nov 04, 2014

By 

Tom A. Augello, CRICO

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Duration: 6:59

This podcast is an episode of Patient Safety Updates (now Safety Net). You can find other episodes and subscribe using the links to the right.

Commentators:

  • Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH
  • Tracy Granzyk
  • Gerald Hickson, MD
  • Mark Reynolds
  • Dana Siegal, RN, CPHRM
  • Laura Wood, DNP, MS, RN

Doctors, nurses, and administrators from across the country came to Boston to talk about what works—and what doesn’t—to foster a safe culture for patient care. Personal accountability, team training, and the need to share hero stories led the conversation. Harvard’s malpractice insurer helped link clinical culture to liability claims. These excerpts are from the 2014 CRICO conference, “Walk This Way: Patient Safety Symposium.”


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First Published – November 04, 2014
Related To: Ambulatory,  Claims,  Communication,  Decision Support,  Diagnosis,  Emergency Medicine,  Nursing,  Obstetrics,  Other Specialities,  Patient Safety Awareness,  Surgery,  Teamwork Training

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