title: [Practice and Role of Team Approach to Medicine in Clinical Laboratory Medicine--Chairmen's Introductory Remarks].
abstract: The Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine has been running its own Medical Safety Committee, and holding a symposium on medical safety during the annual meeting every year. The activities based on a team approach to medicine play a critical role in the development of medical safety culture and the driving forward of medical safety in clinical practice. The best medical practice involves cooperation among information-sharing medical staff from a variety of professions, providing medical care based on medical safety, which patients hope for. It is hoped that the present symposium on medical safety can help drive medical safety into the future.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koshiba
mesh_terms: D064790:Clinical Laboratory Services; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008503:Medical Staff