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Volume 356:1789-1790 April 26, 2007 Number 17
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Proceduralists — Leading Patient-Safety Initiatives

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To the Editor: We have enjoyed watching the Journal's new procedural videos and applaud their emphasis on proper procedural techniques. This new approach to procedural training complements a trend at a few institutions that are taking patient safety to the next level by supporting a new group of doctors known as "proceduralists," physicians who specialize in procedural activities.1 While busy interventional radiologists and vascular surgeons continue to shift their focus toward technically more challenging cases, which also have higher reimbursement, surveys show that internists are performing fewer procedures than ever before.2 Proceduralists may therefore help to bridge the growing . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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