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Risks All Their Own: Outpatient MDs See Patient Safety Hurdles
May 08, 2014
Duration: 6:43
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It’s not quite the wild west, but the outpatient setting is a very different environment for patient safety than inpatient care. From across the Boston area, Harvard-affiliated physicians share the unique challenges and potential pathways to making care outside of the hospital safer for themselves and their patients.
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