Tag: Gawande

A Brave Analogy from Dr. Atul Gawande

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A number of readers have sent me a link to the latest  New Yorker missive from Dr. Atul Gawande (whose work I greatly admire)....

Looking at Medical Mistakes – Learning and Preventing or Repeating?

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Working in healthcare, it's hard not finding stories about preventable errors. I keep hearing stories from friends and family - such as my relative...

TED Video: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

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There's a new TED conference video from April 2012 featuring Dr. Atul Gawande, author of amazing books including The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get...

Dr. Gawande’s Commencement Address: Cowboys or Pit Crews?

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Most (all?) of us here did NOT graduate from Harvard Medical School last week. But, we all can read the commencement address that was...

An Astronaut’s Viewpoints on Systems & Patient Safety

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Today, I'm sharing a brilliant Slate.com interview: "Risky Business: James Bagian "NASA astronaut turned patient safety expert" on Being Wrong." He's actually also an...

Weekend Fun: Dr. Atul Gawande on “The Colbert Report”

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Here is a fun clip of Dr. Atul Gawande on Stephen Colbert's Comedy Central show, talking about his book The Checklist Manifesto: How to...

Notes From My Second Day at #IHI 2011

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Following up my notes from Day 1, I'm sharing my notes from the second full day I attended on Wednesday, December 8 2010. Here, in...

Do You Know More Than a Hospital CEO About…

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If you're a regular reader of my Lean Blog, you might know more about preventing Hospital Acquired Infections than many healthcare CEOs do, says...

Dr. Atul Gawande and Checklists on “The Daily Show”

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Here is a nice 5-minute introduction to the topic without too much mockery from Jon Stewart! Stewart even makes a Star Wars reference - an...

Did this WSJ reviewer even read “The Checklist Manifesto?”

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I just finished Dr. Atul Gawande's latest book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. I believe that this book is the single...

Is This Video about Hand Hygiene Helpful?

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On Twitter last week, Tom Peters wrote: This is the wrong premise - it's not that doctors (and nurses, for that matter) aren't smart or...

Dr. Gawande & Checklists Featured on NPR

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Thanks to my friend Amber for telling me about Dr. Atul Gawande's interview on NPR's Morning Edition yesterday. Regular readers of the blog will...