Creating a Process for Patient-Family Members to be a Part of Your Improvement Work

Ann Hagensen, RN, Project Manager, Patient Relations & Service and Kathy Leicester, Patient and Family Volunteer, Virginia Mason Medical Center, share three components of wisdom regarding equal partnerships with patients and families.
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