Patient and Family Centered I-PASS
Published May 3, 2018
Alisa Khan, MD, MPH, Staff Physician and Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, shares research from an innovative program aimed at improving the communication between doctors, nurses, and hospitalized patients. The study group was comprised of over 100 family members, nurses, hospitalists, medical educators, health literacy experts, and researchers who were all centered on the shared goal of improving patient safety and hospital experience.
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