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February 11, 2008 Volume 17 No. 2

Building A Just Culture
Across Duke Medicine, employees learn how personal choices drive patient safety improvements

Yvonne Spurney has been on the front lines of patient safety initiatives at Duke University Hospital before, as part of a Six Sigma MICU Transfer team that in 2004 improved the flow of patients into the medical intensive care unit.

Now, as associate chief nursing officer for the Medical/Surgical/Critical Care/Psych CSU, she is actively participating in Duke Medicineâ€™s implementation of A Just Culture, a set of safety principles that...

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