title: Interview with a quality leader: Paul Uhlig on transforming healthcare. Interviewer by Jason Trevor Fogg.
abstract: Paul N. Uhlig, MD, MPA, FACS, a cardiothoracic surgeon who lives in Wichita, KS, is associate professor of preventive medicine and public health at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. In 2002 Dr. Uhlig and the cardiac surgery team he led at Concord Hospital, Concord, NH, received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award from the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission. Dr. Uhlig has received international recognition for research concerning patient safety, teamwork, and healthcare culture, including a 2007-2008 King James IV Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Uhlig
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*