Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, chief quality and transformation officer at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and professor at Case Western University’s School of Medicine. He regularly addresses the US Congress on patient-safety issues, is a member of the President’s Council for Science and Technology Patient Safety Working Group and is coauthor of Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals. UHHospitals.org
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