Saul Weingart, BS, MD, MPP, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
VP for Patient Safety, Center for Patient Safety
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute- Boston, MA
April 1, 2009
Teaching Objectives:
1. To review what is known about the role that patients and families may play identifying medical errors
2. To examine promising strategies for improving patient safety through partnerships between patients, families and caregivers