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Slide 13. Establishing a Patient Communication Consult Service (PCCS)
The "Seven Pillars" Approach: Crossing the Patient Safety—Medical Liability Chasm

- Leadership buy-in.
- Establish policy, procedure:
- Rapid access 24/7—hotline.
- Just in time training for those who access hotline.
- Command and control.
- Establish the "liaison".
- Goal—to maintain trust and to learn.
- Help/support physicians overcome their fears.
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Internet Citation: Slide 13. Establishing a 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/mcdonald13.html