Ethan M. Basch, MD, on Symptom Control and Quality: The Patient’s Voice
2017 Quality Care SymposiumEthan M. Basch, MD, of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses programs—now rolling out at various institutions—that use direct patient reporting of symptoms as a part of quality assessment (Posters 61, 81; Abstract 218).
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