Improving Health Care.

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Improving Health Care.

March 6, 2005

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Quality and honesty play an influential role in the safety and cost of medical care. Gordon Schiff, the director of clinical and quality research (Department of Medicine at Stoger Hospital, Chicago, Illinois), explains how research findings helped uncover the hidden costs associated with making and then hiding medical error. The interview runs 13 minutes.

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