ACP: Physicians must promote patient safety

Jack Ende
ACP recently published a new position paper asserting that improvements to patient safety are gravely needed in the outpatient setting while offering recommendations to address the issue.
“In recent years, much attention has been focused on improving patient safety in hospitals,” Jack Ende, MD, MACP, president of ACP, said in a press release. “We now must extend that focus to include the ambulatory setting. Medical errors that happen outside of the hospital are just as important to prevent.”
The paper, “Patient Safety in the Office-Based Practice Setting,”

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