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Slide 12. The Patient Communication Consult Service (PCCS)
The "Seven Pillars" Approach: Crossing the Patient Safety—Medical Liability Chasm
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- PCCS—immediately available 24/7.
- Current options.
- Empowerment.
- Value of Emotional Intelligence (EI).
- Expectations.
- Physician involvement.
- Patient-family involvement.
- Mitigates impact of "special colleagues" with low EI.
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Page last reviewed October 2014
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Internet Citation: Slide 12. The Patient Communication Consult Service (PCCS). Content last reviewed October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2012-04-nac/mcdonald/mcdonald12.html