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Introductory video to initiatives of the Tennessee Center for Patient Safety, featuring Peter Pronovost, MD, of the John Hopkins Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care and a leading national expert on patient safety issues.

 
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Patient Safety Ten Years after the IOM Report on Medical Errors: Unmistakable Progress and Troubling Gaps
Presented by Robert M. Wachter, MD, professor and associate chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He also is chief of the division of hospital medicine and chief of the medical service at UCSF Medical Center. He has published 200 articles and six books in the fields of quality, safety and health policy.

When Perception Isn't Reality: Improving Patient Safety
Presented by Christine A. Goeschel, MPA, MPS, ScD, RN, director of patient safety and quality initiatives and manager of operations for the Johns Hopkins University Quality and Safety Research Group, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and a clinical instructor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She has over 20 years of acute care experience as a critical care registered nurse, chief nursing officer, chief operating officer and chief compliance officer.

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Sure Progress: The Battle for Patient Safety in Tennessee