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Article: Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Foundation and Dr. Peter Pronovost to Collaborate.
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- April 23, 2009
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FOCUS Initiative to Reduce Human Error; Initial Sites Chosen
SAN ANTONIO -- At the 31st Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Foundation and Peter Pronovost, M.D., PhD, Director of the Quality and Safety Research Group at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, formally announced that they have entered into a collaborative endeavor to reduce human error in the setting of cardiovascular anesthesia and surgery. The FOCUS project (Flawless Operative Cardiovascular Unified Systems), a multi-year, multi-center initiative, will examine the physical and cultural environment of the cardiac surgery ...