Rethinking patient safety through the lens of access

Healthcare organizations have spent decades working to improve patient safety, but those efforts have traditionally focused on what happens after a patient enters the healthcare system. Dr. Victor Hassid, Associate Vice President of Access Strategic Operations at MD Anderson Cancer Center, joins the podcast to discuss why he believes patient safety begins much earlier and why delays and breakdowns in access should be viewed through the lens of patient safety.  You can find Dr. Hassid's article here. (paywall)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.