Safe Device Design: Q&A With Patient Safety Guru Peter Pronovost
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Johns Hopkins University’s Pronovost, a renowned patient-safety expert, has in recent years put significant attention on efforts to redesign devices, and hospitals’ systems for using devices, to improve safety. In this interview, he speaks about some of his recent activities.
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