Dr. Schaffer is an attending physician in the Hospital Medicine Unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an instructor at Harvard Medical School, and a senior clinical analytics specialist at CRICO/Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, all in Boston. Dr. Kachalia is an attending physician in the Hospital Medicine Unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and the chief quality officer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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