# Rethinking patient safety through the lens of access Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322/rethinking-patient-safety-through-the-lens-of-access Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322/rethinking-patient-safety-through-the-lens-of-access.md Podcast: [The Gist Healthcare Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322) Published: 2026-07-27T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/gisthealthcaredaily/episodes/rethinking-patient-safety-through-the-lens-of-access Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/622b8f5080a3a00013890f23/e/6a62825844c9eabf3cc3b2a7/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322/episodes/rethinking-patient-safety-through-the-lens-of-access Duration seconds: 708 ## Resource Healthcare organizations have spent decades working to improve patient safety, but those efforts have traditionally focused on what happens after a patient enters the healthcare system. Dr. Victor Hassid , Associate Vice President of Access Strategic Operations at MD Anderson Cancer Center, joins the podcast to discuss why he believes patient safety begins much earlier and why delays and breakdowns in access should be viewed through the lens of patient safety.    You can find Dr. Hassid's article here . (paywall)  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322/episodes/rethinking-patient-safety-through-the-lens-of-access/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gist-healthcare-podcast-347322/rethinking-patient-safety-through-the-lens-of-access.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.