Patient safety: Making patients part of the team

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. For more information, visit http://www.dana-farber.org/pat/patient-safety/

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Education

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• patient
• safety
• cancer
• care
• dana
• farber
• dana-farber
• healthcare
• engagement