This Month's Expert:

Patrick Lee, MD

Partners In Health, Kirehe, Rwanda — Volunteer Clinical Mentor
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA — Hospitalist Physician
Harvard Medical School — Clinical Instructor in Medicine

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When Lee and his teammates began their quality improvement work in Kirehe, Rwanda last year, the staff at the local hospital was taking vital signs properly less than half the time. Today, the staff does that task properly 95% of the time. Substantial resource and infrastructure inputs, combined with dedicated Rwandan partners and simple quality improvement tools, have dramatically improved staff morale and the quality of care in Kirehe.

Read a first-person account of Lee’s work in Rwanda, complete with photos of his team.

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