National Patient Safety Foundation president Diane Pinakiewicz: Podcast Part I

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In Part I of our podcast interview, National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) president Diane Pinakiewicz and I discuss:

• The origins of the patient safety movement leading up to the founding of NPSF in the mid-90s
• What's been accomplished since then in terms of understanding the patient safety problem and doing something to improve it
• How the lessons from other high-risk industries are being translated to health care
• Why patients have to be part of the team to reduce errors
• Patient Safety Week