Triadic tension: Who does what in a hospital

Workshop on patient safety and quality improvement for hospitals. GLENN GUAN/The Star

THERE are three major groups in any hospital set-up: the medical team, the nursing team and administration or management, says neurosurgeon and law degree holder Dr Richard Veerapan.

Speaking on the Challenges to Compliance with Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Strategies during the recent “Overcoming Challenges to Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Strategies” workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, he notes that “so much goes back to the quality of the relationship you have with one another”.