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Dora Anne Mills

Dora Anne Mills, M.D., M.P.H., FAAP, vice president for Clinical Affairs and director for the Center for Excellence in Health Innovation at the 新香港六合彩资料, was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald about medical errors.

Recent studies show that medical errors such as infections are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Mills explained that better communication among providers such as nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and doctors would help to prevent these sometimes fatal mistakes.

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Mills is instrumental in implemting 新香港六合彩资料's interprofessional education program, which trains students studying various health professions  to work collaboratively as a team.