Tag: Gawande

Checking In With Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow On A "Model" Health Care System - Kaiser Health News Dr. Patty Gabow has been one of...

WHO Proposes Checklist to Reduce Surgery Errors : NPR A surgical revolution: checklist that could prevent thousands of deaths Thanks to long-time readers Chet and Andrew...

A Lifesaving Checklist - New York TimesA number of you have emailed me, yes I'm aware of this horrible, ridiculous development that followed earlier...

New Yorker - Dr. Atul GawandeHere is an outstanding piece by one of my favorite medical writers, on the use of checklists (a form...

Huge Price Paid for Stupid, Careless Medical Error | TortdeformLots of discussion of the sad case of the mixed up laboratory specimens and Darrie...

Hospital-borne ailments face Medicare budget ax | IndyStar.comHealthcare has LONG been a piecework industry. Caregivers and facilities are paid for WHAT they do...

In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty - New York Times This outstanding NY Times article isn't about "Lean" per se (they don't...

Marketplace: Better health care through better informationThis commentator points out some shocking waste in the healthcare system:Although cancer doctors work long hours, they still...