Distracted Driving Deaths Distract Us from Medical Error Deaths? Mark Graban May 14, 2010 2 Blog The general public still, generally speaking, doesn't realize how much preventable harm and death occurs in…
Liveblogging the Quaid Patient Safety Documentary Mark Graban Apr 24, 2010 8 Blog 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.”? Mark Graban Apr 15, 2010 6 Blog 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 Mark Graban Mar 23, 2010 3 Blog 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? Mark Graban Mar 16, 2010 13 Blog 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 Mark Graban Mar 12, 2010 3 Blog I had the opportunity to finally meet "e-Patient Dave" at the HIMSS conference about 10 days ago, where he spoke on…