On a different scale (but, actually, a related topic as, I suppose, all such addresses must be), Atul Gawande's address to Stanford medicine graduates considers the knowledge demands and ethical dilemmas doctors now face. … Brain Attic – http://brain-attic.blogspot.com/
Coincidentally, before resuming the second half of Atul Gawande's gut wrenching and enlightening essay in The New Yorker about end-of-life health care …
On this subject, Atul Gawande's New Yorker article remains a must-read overview. Written by sara. August 12, 2010 at 5:47 am. Posted in Litigation Watch – Federal. Tagged with mark l. wolf, massachusetts, mental health, prison, … Prison Law Blog – http://prisonlaw.wordpress.com/
This weekend I've blown through The Checklist Manifesto, a fun little book written by Atul Gawande of the New Yorker article I just blogged about. It's very Malcom Gladwellish so if you enjoy learning some interesting, slightly geeky … Further Musings – http://furthermusings.wordpress.com/
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This difference in medical culture as a primary cause of differences in cost is well documented by Dr. Atul Gawande in his article, The Cost Conundrum, in the June 1, 2009 New Yorker magazine. He compared two centers in Texas, …
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Author and surgeon Atul Gawande MD has been named the commencement speaker for Stanford medical school's Class of 2010 Dean Philip Pizzo MD recently …
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Surgeon and author Dr. Atul Gawande details conclusions of a Harvard Business School study on the learning curve surgeons experience when learning new …
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Listen to the whole interview: www.wnyc.org Atul Gawande, general surgeon at the Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, staff writer for The New Yorker, and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, explains how more training and advanced technologies dont seem to prevent experts from making costly mistakes, but a simple checklist can. His new book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right looks at how innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world and how the checklist revolution can expand into fields beyond medicine.
JANUARY 14, 2009 Results show surgical safety checklist drops deaths and complications by more than one third, WHO pilot study finds Toronto, Ontario – An international pilot study involving the Toronto General Hospital (TGH), a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, and other hospitals from around the world, has found that using a Surgical Patient Safety Checklist significantly reduces surgical complications and mortality. The study, led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Dr. Atul Gawande of the Harvard School of Public Health, appears in the New England Journal of Medicines (www.nejm.org) Online First on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The study will appear in the journals printed issue on January 29, 2009. visit www.tgwhf.ca to read more
In the August 14, 2008 issue of the Journal, Boucek et al. report on three cases of heart transplantation from infants who were pronounced dead on the basis of cardiac criteria. Moderator Atul Gawande, of Harvard Medical School; George Annas, of the Boston University School of Public Health; Arthur Caplan, of the University of Pennsylvania; and Robert Truog, of Harvard Medical School discuss key ethical aspects of organ donation after cardiac death.
Dear All, Sorry for being away for some time! I wanted to share with you a great program, www.marrow.org, which is the National Marrow Donor Program. By joining the registry (it will be free to do so until June 22nd) you can help potentially save a life! Please see link: www.marrow.org Why should you do this? Please see here for frequently asked questions: www.marrow.org — Here is the article I mention by Atul Gawande about mcallen’s expensive healthcare: www.newyorker.com According to the New York Times, President Obama had his staff and senators read the Gawande article: www.nytimes.com Here is Gawande’s response to skeptics: www.newyorker.com
Dr. Atul Gawande on Real Healthcare Reform, Why Solitary Confinement Is Torture, and His New Book, "The Checklist Manifesto" We spend the hour with one of the most influential health policy writers in the country, Dr. Atul Gawande. He is an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a practicing surgeon at the Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. We speak with him about an influential article on healthcare costs that was cited by President Obama and became required reading at the White House, healthcare systems in other industrialized countries, the effect of solitary confinement on prisoners, and his new book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
Dr. Atul Gawande also addressed the Council in the morning, speaking on health care in part based on his recent New Yorker piece that I referenced earlier this month. He summarized his biggest concern with the health care system as the …
Full video: www.democracynow.org Democracy Now! Tuesday, January 5, 2010 We spend the hour with one of the most influential health policy writers in the country, Dr. Atul Gawande. He is an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a practicing surgeon at the Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. We speak with him about an influential article on healthcare costs that was cited by President Obama and became required reading at the White House, healthcare systems in other industrialized countries, the effect of solitary confinement on prisoners, and his new book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
Dr. Atul Gawande also addressed the Council in the morning, speaking on health care in part based on his recent New Yorker piece that I referenced earlier this month. He summarized his biggest concern with the health care system as the …
Democracy Now! Tuesday, January 5, 2010 We spend the hour with one of the most influential health policy writers in the country, Dr. Atul Gawande. He is an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a practicing surgeon at the Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. We speak with him about an influential article on healthcare costs that was cited by President Obama and became required reading at the White House, healthcare systems in other industrialized countries, the effect of solitary confinement on prisoners, and his new book, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right.
Dr. Atul Gawande also addressed the Council in the morning, speaking on health care in part based on his recent New Yorker piece that I referenced earlier this month. He summarized his biggest concern with the health care system as the …