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Specialized Care

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Many quality and safety standards can be applied to any clinical service, but each unique condition or procedure also requires specialized care. That’s why we follow standardized condition- or procedure-specific care practices that are known to improve outcomes and continuously measure our compliance with these practices. Click on the links below to learn more.

Cardiovascular Care

To help provide the best possible care for our cardiovascular patients, we follow established protocols that have been shown to improve patient outcomes. Learn more.

Medical Care

Learn more about what we’re doing to reduce the risk of pneumonia, a serious lung infection that causes breathing difficulty, fever, cough and fatigue.

Surgical Care

Learn more about we’re doing to reduce the risk of wound infection after surgery.

Cancer Care

Our commitment to safety is also employed at BWH’s partner cancer treatment facility, the Dana Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center. Learn more.


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