SEE YOU NOW Podcast

SEE YOU NOW Insight 3: The Power of Love in Patient Safety

June 26, 2025

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Healthcare safety begins with culture, and culture starts at the top. Nurse Julie Kennedy Oehlert speaks to how transforming healthcare systems requires redefining culture through empathy, love, and relationship-building, not mandates or fear. Prioritizing workforce well-being is essential to delivering safe, trusted, and patient-centered care. Dismantling hierarchical, fear-based structures is the crucial first step toward real and lasting change.

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