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Healthcare Reform’s Rock Star -or- Much Needed Plain Speaker?
By Hope Rachel Hetico; RN, MHA, CMP™
[Managing Editor]
Here is an essay-interview by Rahul K. Parikh MD, with Atul Gawande MD, as they talk about medicine, checklists and quality healthcare.
Book Review
In Gawande’s third book, “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right,” he explores how doctors and other professionals become overwhelmed with the complexity of their work. And, are then more likely to fail.
As with most problems that sound overwhelmingly complex, the fix may be quite easy, when reframed with a new mindset and fresh set of young eyes.
Assessment
Gawande’s proposed solution is simple and inexpensive, if not terribly sexy: a checklist. Sound too mundane? Keep in mind that Gawande has previously proved, in conjunction with the World Health Organization [WHO], that doctors and surgical teams who use checklists save lives.
Link: http://www.salon.com/books/int/2010/02/02/atul_gawande_checklist/index.html
Conclusion
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Is Atul this generation’s healthcare quality guru, much like Robert Wachter MD. Or, is he a man-child not afraid to say that the Emperor has no clothes? Please opine.
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Hope,
I am also a fan of Atul’s, and this Freakonomics interview with Dr. Gawande is still relevant today.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/medical-failures-and-successes-too-a-qa-with-atul-gawande/
PS: I love the ME-P interviews … more “movers-shakers” please!
Susan
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https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/haven-loses-another-exec-3-things-to-know.html
Bert
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