Distracted Driving Deaths Distract Us from Medical Error Deaths?
The general public still, generally speaking, doesn't realize how much preventable harm and death occurs in…
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Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary
I'm blogging notes and thoughts as I watch the Discovery Channel documentary by actor Dennis Quaid and others -- …
Lucian Leape Loathes Lean or “L.A.M.E.”?
Noted patient safety expert Dr. Lucian Leape spoke out recently about medical school culture being a root cause of…
Of 777s and Heart Rate Monitors
In recent years, healthcare has been learning a lot of lessons from aviation -- including checklists and "Crew…
Is Medical Education a Systemic Root Cause of Poor Quality?
I will try to be careful with this topic, since I'm obviously not a doctor. Criticism of doctors gets thrown around…
A Week of Lean and Patient Involvement at BIDMC
I had the opportunity to finally meet "e-Patient Dave" at the HIMSS conference about 10 days ago, where he spoke on…